Two-thirds of people in Latin America, Caribbean now vaccinated against COVID-19-PAHO Director

  Over two-thirds of people in Latin America and the Caribbean have now received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine while some countries have yet to...

Two more succumb to COVID-19; death toll is 214

Two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died, the Health Ministry has confirmed. This takes the total number of...

COVID-19 forces EU Election Observers Group to withdraw from Guyana

In wake of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Election Observer Mission fielded by the European Union (EU) has left Guyana. The EU EOM...

Two more die of COVID-19; 80 new cases recorded

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has informed that two more persons, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), have died. This takes the...

COVID-19: All GTT stores to close from tomorrow

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) will close all its stores in Guyana from tomorrow as part of its efforts to ensure the health...

Guyana asks Cuba to send more nurses; 200 expected early 2024

Guyana's public health sector continues to be plagued by worker shortages and those that remain are required to work long hours, but help is...

Meeting between Guyana and Suriname to strengthen cooperation to combat COVID-19

Officials of Guyana and Suriname met via video conference on Monday 20 April 2020, with a view to establishing modalities for cooperation to combat the...

Health Minister welcomes talks on workers’ issues as Union abandons strike attempts

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony has welcomed the decision by the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) to abandon their threat to authorise strike...

COVID-19: Ministry probing recent deaths of children; 15 have died since March 2020

Some 15 children have died of COVID-19 since Guyana confirmed its first imported case back in March 2020. Most of the children had co-morbidities,...

Advancement being made on self-healing capabilities

Medical Breakthrough… Aside from striving to achieve immortality, research suggests that at the top of mankind’s scientific agenda is to find a way to be...

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