Americas at risk of losing two decades of immunization progress – PAHO Director warns
As the COVID-19 outbreak reaches its third year in the Americas, millions of children are missing out on routine vaccinations, putting countries at risk...
Gov’t 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...
10 more die of COVID-19; 372 new cases recorded
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has informed that as of January 24th, 2022, 10 more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Bill passed to govern human organ, tissue transplants; jailtime, $5M for traffickers
A bill designed to govern organ and tissue transplant was passed in the National Assembly on Monday afternoon during the 35th Sitting of the...
COVID-19: Four more die; 173 new cases recorded
Four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to...
Eight more die of COVID-19; 957 new cases recorded
Guyana's Health Ministry has informed the media that eight more persons who tested positive for COVID-19, have died. This takes the total number of...
11 more succumb to COVID-19 in three days; 892 new cases recorded
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has informed that as of January 21st, 2022, 11 more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
9-Y-0 boy, two adults succumb to COVID-19
A nine-year-old boy from Region Six, along with two adults, a 60-year-old man from Region Three and a 75-year-old, Region Nine woman, have succumbed...
PAHO calls for countries to prioritize rapid tests for those with COVID-19 symptoms
With COVID-19 surging throughout the Americas and demand for diagnostics higher than ever, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Carissa F. Etienne has...
COVID-19: More tests done in January 2022 alone than entire 2020; 145 persons hospitalised
Some 55,429 COVID-19 tests have been conducted so far for the month of January this year, surpassing the number of tests conducted for the...
