HIV/AIDS can end by 2030 but world leaders must act now – Report
A report released earlier this week by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) shows that the world is at a critical moment that will determine whether leaders...
COVID-19 Update: Number of recovered patients moves from 27 to 34; no new cases...
Seven persons that were infected with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) have since recovered; taking the number from 27 to 34.
According to statistics provided...
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 Update: One confirmed case in seven days; number of recoveries now 84
Director of Primary Health Care, Dr Ertenisa Hamilton, reported that of the eight tests done, there are no new cases of COVID-19. The number...
Gov’t commits to supporting scholars studying overseas amid COVID-19 crisis
The Department of Public Service has reaffirmed its commitment to students studying overseas on scholarships. In fact, the department said that it remains in...
Relatives say death of long-serving nurse at COVID-19 hospital was avoidable; APNU+AFC wants ‘independent’...
Controversy now surrounds the death of Nurse Vanessa Maynard, 56, who passed away at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, yesterday. Her...
COVID-19 Update: No new cases; eight more recover
Director of Primary Health Care, Dr Ertenisa Hamilton says that there are no new confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus. The number of persons...
Inability to monitor incoming passengers forces Gov’t to say no to Guyanese asking to...
National Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Task Force (NCTF) Chairman, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo says the government will now longer ‘flex’ in allowing special flights;...
South Korea mass wedding defies coronavirus fears
(BBC) - Thousands of couples have attended a mass wedding held by the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, also known as the...
Persons living in regions bordering Brazil are at additional risk of contracting COVID-19
Guyana’s continental neighbour, Brazil, has recorded some 107, 780 COVID-19 cases with 7,321 deaths. For Guyana, this simply means that persons living in bordering...
