First monkeypox patient released from hospital

– no new recorded case The first person to be diagnosed with monkeypox in Guyana has been released from the hospital. Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony...

COVID-19: Active cases now 902; 56% of adult population fully vaccinated

Guyana has 902 active COVID-19 cases across the country, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said today. He noted that Regions Four, Six and Three...

Two more fatalities take COVID-19 death count to 877

The Ministry of Health has informed that as of October 18, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have...

COVID-19 cases surpass 5000

As of today, the number of COVID-19 cases in Guyana is 5,005. These cases have accumulated over an eight-month period. Guyana confirmed its first...

Some things to note in the case of a head injury

Our head houses our brain which functions as our main control centre. Every single thought and action that we perform is derived from this...

Guyana receives key equipment from UNICEF for safe storage of children’s vaccines

UNICEF Deputy Representative to Guyana and Suriname, Irfan Akhtar, today handed over 10 solar refrigerators, 4 solar freezers, 8 electrical refrigerators, 1 Ultra-Low Temperature...

Over 400,000 receive filaria pills – Minister

Over 400,000 Guyanese have already received filaria tablets as the mass drug distribution programme continues, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony has said. He noted...

Health teams monitoring for mosquito-borne diseases as Upper Mazaruni reports increase

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony says health teams have not diagnosed many cases of mosquito-borne diseases in Regions One, Seven, Eight, or Nine,...

U.S donates additional US$1.7M to COVID-19 fight

The United States Government today has committed an additional US$1.7 million to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in Guyana and the rest...

“Enhanced” containment measures to be implemented over alarming increase in COVID-19 cases

The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF), the Ministry of Public Health and various other ministries and government agencies, along with non-governmental organisations last evening...

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