Three more fatalities take COVID-19 death count to 851
Three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to...
Guyana records five more COVID-19 deaths, over 200 new cases
Five more persons, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), have died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to...
COVID-19: Gov’t ramps up testing in Kwebanna as village goes into two-week lockdown
Health teams in Barima-Waini (Region One) have ramped up retrieval of samples from persons who are showing signs of COVID-19 and those who have...
Public health sector in need of more than 500 nurses
The public health sector is in need of more than 550 registered nurses to bolster nursing care at facilities across the country....
IDB projects demand for millions of social sector professionals by 2040
The Caribbean and Latin America will need approximately 12 million teachers, three million doctors and eight million nurses by the year 2040 to meet...
Guyana not shut out of international aid to fight COVID-19
The Ministry of the Presidency says that it has noted reports published in Friday’s (April 24, 2020) daily newspapers which suggest that foreign partners...
Over $48B earmarked for construction, rehab of hospitals, centres this year
In a push to enhance Guyana’s healthcare infrastructure and diagnostic capabilities, the government has plans to allocate a staggering $48.5 billion of its proposed...
COVID-19: Over 2,100 adolescents receive first jab of Pfizer; campaign to reach Region Three...
The Government of Guyana’s vaccination drive for adolescents is moving apace with some 2,176 persons already in receipt of a first dose of the...
Facts You Need To Know About Insomnia
Insomnia is a persistent disorder that can make it hard to fall asleep, hard to stay asleep or both, despite the opportunity for adequate...
Hookah smoking as harmful as cigarette use
There is a notable increase in the use of hookahs, especially among young adults who perceive it as a safer smoking alternative to cigarettes.
But...
