New trends to be analysed to determine if COVID-19 is still a pandemic

Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony says that the US Center for Disease Control (CDC) and World Health Organisation (WHO) will be conducting an indepth...

Cricket Carnival, CPL triggered no major increase in COVID-19 infections -Minister

Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony says that despite the influx of persons for the first-ever Cricket Carnival and Guyana’s hosting of the Caribbean Premier...

Citizens being urged to get booster shots as Guyana sees increase in COVID-19  cases

Guyana is currently experiencing an increase in COVID-19 cases, which is leading to more hospitalisation. Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony is therefore reiterating the...

Guyana carefully monitoring COVID variants abroad; PAHO, CARPHA assisting with gene sequencing

The Government of Guyana is carefully monitoring COVID-19 variants abroad and will adjust and implement measures where necessary to protect Guyanese, says Health Minister,...

Guyana gets 28,800 more doses of J&J vaccine

Guyana on Friday received a donation of 28, 800 doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine from the Government of Spain, through COVAX. Minister...

Guyana needs to double current vaccination rate to achieve herd immunity

For Guyana to achieve herd immunity against the COVID-19 virus, it must fully vaccinate between 80 and 90 percent of its adult population, says...

Guyana has enough vaccines to achieve herd immunity- Health Minister

Guyana has an adequate number of COVID-19 vaccines to achieve herd immunity, Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony says. With the Delta variant of the...

COVID-19 death toll climbs to three for the week

Guyana has recorded its third COVID-19 death for the week. The Ministry of Health said moments ago that the third case is a 40-...

Guyana now capable of conducting 1500 to 2000 tests daily; Gov’t vetting private labs...

Guyana’s COVID-19 testing capability has seen a significant boost, says Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony. During today’s COVID-19 update, the health official said that...

First MRI Machine being installed at GPHC

Guyana has reached another landmark in its ongoing healthcare transformation with the installation of the country’s first Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine within the...

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