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...
Guyana records 180th COVID-19 death
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has informed that one more person, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), has died. This takes the...
Guyana records one more COVID-19 death; death count now 179
A 73-year-old resident from Region One (Barima/Waini) is the latest reporter COVID-19 fatality. The death toll now stands at 179. The patient died while...
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,...
Regional COVID testing capacity to see boost with GeneXpert machines
The Ministry of Health is boosting regional COVID-19 testing capacity with the installation of GeneXpert machines at hospitals across the country. The first machine...
Mechanism in place to ensure those sent to home isolate do not break protocols...
With 782 COVID-19 infected persons currently in home isolation, the Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony, has assured that a system is in place to...
COVAX increases allocation to Guyana; 104,000 UK, EU-approved AstraZeneca vaccines to arrive shortly –...
The COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) has increased the allotment of COVID-19 vaccines to Guyana to combat the diseases responsible for the death of...
3,800 COVID vaccines from COVAX expected in February, March; China to donate 20,000 –...
Guyana is expecting some 3,800 COVID-19 vaccines in February and March of this year through the COVAX mechanism, the President, Dr. Irfaan Ali reported...
More inmates, prison officers test positive for COVID-19
More inmates and prison officers of the Lusignan, New Amsterdam and Timehri prisons have tested positive for COVID-19, the Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony...
COVID-19 Update: 34 new cases recorded; six in ICU
Guyana has recorded 34 new cases of the Coronavirus Disease within the last 24 hours. These new cases were discovered from 262 tests done...
