MoPH recognises importance of lab work at awards ceremony
The Standards and Technical Services Department of the Public Health Ministry recently held its inaugural award ceremony for medical laboratory professionals during which 12...
Region One’s first COVID-19 recovery, shares her story
(DPI)- Fifty-two-year-old Lolita Wong is a businesswoman living and plying her trade in the Mabarumba sub-region of Barima-Waini, Region One. She is also the...
Two octogenarians are latest COVID-19 fatalities
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has informed the media that as of March 1, 2022, two more persons who tested positive for the novel...
Guyana secures HPV-9 vaccine at 96% discount, launches nationwide cervical cancer fight
The Ministry of Health has introduced the Human Papillomavirus-9 (HPV-9) vaccine to fight cervical cancer, obtaining 50,000 doses at a lower cost from Merck...
11 more succumb to COVID-19 in three days; 892 new cases recorded
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has informed that as of January 21st, 2022, 11 more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Guyana receives $60M in medical equipment from China
Guyana has received approximately $60 million in medical equipment to provide improved healthcare services at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
During a simple ceremony...
Medical data protection bill to be tabled in parliament soon
A bill that will ensure the protection of medical data for persons in Guyana will be laid in Parliament within the coming weeks.
Minister of...
Two more fatalities take COVID-19 death count to 656; 289 new cases recorded
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has informed that two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. This takes the...
Miners urged to get tested for COVID-19
Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Karen Gordon-Boyle is making a special appeal to members of the mining community to get tested for COVID-19, if they...
COVID-19: Death count reaches 507 with latest fatality; 77 new cases recorded
The COVID-19 death count is now 507 with one more person succumbing to the virus yesterday. The latest fatality is a 73-year-old, Region Four...
