Guyana Goldfields suspends underground development following 14-days lockdown for intโl travel
As a result of travel restrictions in and out of Guyana, Guyana Goldfields Inc. has announced that it has temporarily suspended underground development at...
Equipment for digitization of vaccine cards to arrive by first quarter ย
Guyana's Health Ministry is expecting the delivery of special equipment by the end of the first quarter of this year to begin the digitization...
Boy, 5, dies of COVID-19; death toll now 994
A five-year-old boy succumbed to COVID-19 yesterday, the Health Ministry said.
The child, along with a 49-year-old Region Five woman are the latest fatalities, taking...
Govโt budgets $12.4B for construction of six new modern regional hospitals
In 2022, a total of $16.1B has been budgeted to launch a major expansion in public health care facilities, Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh...
Faith leaders committed to engaging media on HIV response
Guyanese faith leaders were among the batch of persons exposed to training offered by the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS...
Quarantine facility established at Lusignan Prison; inmates, staff being tested
Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels said that an additional quarantine facility has been established at the Lusignan Prison to house positive COVID-19 inmates. This...
Over 7,000 G/town residents have improved access to primary healthcare
ย - $18 million North East La Penitence Health Centre reopens
Approximately 7,651 residents from the East Ruimveldt to Lamaha Park stretch and beyond now have...
Four more added to COVID-19 death toll; 70 new infections recorded
The Ministry of Health (MOH) regrettably informs that four deaths have been added to the total count of COVID-19 related fatalities.
The patients were admitted...
Gaps, challenges cause “uneven progress” in C’bean’s HIV fight
Over the last three to five years, the Region has made progress towards reversing the HIV epidemic. This has translated to the reduction in...
COVID-19: 16,768 adolescents vaccinated; active infections now 2,709
As of yesterday, 16,768 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were administered to adolescents. This represents 23% of the 12 to 18-year-old population, which comprises...
