Two Lusignan prisoners test positive for COVID-19
The Guyana Prisons Service (GPS) has confirmed that two inmates from the Holding Bay at the Lusignan Prisons have tested positive for COVID-19.
The service...
Health Minister urges mask wearing, vaccination for Easter celebrations
As citizens across the country prepare to celebrate the Easter holiday outdoors, Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, M.P is urging persons to ensure...
COVID: Guyana records five more deaths, 1,083 new cases
Five more persons, who were tested positive for COVID-19, have died, taking Guyana's death toll to 1,101.
Details about the latest fatalities are below:
The country...
COVID-19 Update: No new cases; three more recover
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases remains at 74 and 15 persons have recovered so far, Public Health Minister, Volda Lawrence said today.
Some 464...
Influx OF Fast Food Outlets Among Factors Linked To rise In Cancer Cases
The increasing number of cancer cases in Guyana has been linked, in no uncertain terms, to the influx of fast food outlets, coupled with...
CJIA, Ogle airports sanitized
The Environmental Health, Sanitation & Vector Control Unit of the Health Emergency Operation Centre, during the month of May, did a general sanitization at...
High number of monkeypox cases in Guyana unlikely – Health Minister
Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony maintains that he does not foresee a large number of monkeypox infections in Guyana.
Guyana recorded its second case of...
COVID-19 relief: Food Supplies Shipped Off To Region One
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday handed over 1,200 food hampers to the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs that were donated to provide relief to...
Matured vaccination programme bearing fruit
Guyana’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) has matured from the initial tight focus on children when it began some 40 years ago to targeting...
COVID-19: 1759 households in 25 communities benefit from relief distribution
As the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) continues to work to bring relief to citizens and communities, which have been affected by the Ministry of...
