Education Ministry staffers donate blood to student diagnosed with Leukemia
Today, Senior Officers of the Ministry of Education donated blood at the National Blood Transfusion Service for Jonel Correira, a student of Santa Rosa...
Gov’t examining storage for COVID-19 vaccine
The Guyana Government is looking to augment storage facilities for its quota of COVID-19 vaccines, as a second experimental vaccine has yielded promising results.
Minister...
Lockdown in Kwebanna lifted; positive cases decrease from 62 to four
The Government has lifted its lockdown on Kwebanna, Barima-Waini (Region One) after positive COVID-19 cases reduced to four.
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony said the...
Gov’t to increase daily COVID-19 testing from 600 to 1000
The Government of Guyana (GoG) will ramp up COVID-19 testing in the country. This will see daily tests being increased from 600 to 1000...
COVID-19: U.S. to send medical team to train Guyanese healthcare workers
The Health Ministry is collaborating with the United States (U.S.) Embassy to bring in a team of doctors to provide regional training to local...
Health Minister eyes opening of ICU facilities at Ocean View COVID-19 Hospital by the...
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facilities at the COVID-19 Hospital, formerly the Ocean View Hotel, in Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, are expected to be up...
COVID-19: Ministry of Health to conduct mobile testing at Grove Health Centre
The Ministry of Health’s Mobile Testing Unit will be stationed at the Grove Health Centre, East Bank Demerara to conduct screening for COVID-19 on...
APNU+AFC not in favour of curfew adjustment; criticises gov’t’s management of disease
The A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) is criticising the government’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic.
See full statement below:
The bungling...
COVID-19: Gov’t ramps up testing in Kwebanna as village goes into two-week lockdown
Health teams in Barima-Waini (Region One) have ramped up retrieval of samples from persons who are showing signs of COVID-19 and those who have...
CT scans now available at New Amsterdam Hospital
Patients needing diagnostic treatment aided by Computerized Tomography (CT) scans in Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne) can now breathe a sigh of relief knowing that...
