COVID-19 Update: Guyana records another COVID-19 case; eight cases confirmed in two days

Director of Primary Health Care Services, Dr. Ertenisa Hamilton, reported today that Guyana has recorded another COVID-19 case; taking the total number of cases...

COVID-19 Update: Guyana records two new cases; 10 more recover

Guyana has recorded two new cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19); taking the total number of persons infected so far, to 127. Also, 10...

Four more fatalities take COVID-19 death toll to 687

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...

Over $3.7M in PPEs donated to Ministry of Education

The Ministry of Education on Friday received a quantity of Personal Protective Equipment from Logistics Gy Express Inc., valued at $3,790,000. Permanent Secretary, Mr. Alfred...

COVID-19: 1759 households in 25 communities benefit from relief distribution

As the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) continues to work to bring relief to citizens and communities, which have been affected by the Ministry of...

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...

Message from Health Minister on Int’l Day of Persons With Disabilities

See full statement below: Theme: “Building Back Better: Toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 world” Guyana is joining with the international community to once again...

Partnership initiative to help sustain HIV/AIDS gains

The Ministry of Public Health is currently piloting a tactical Public-Private Partnership (PPP) which will see it partnering with private physicians to join the...

PANCAP youth meeting to draft tactical HIV response roadmap

Set for July 30–August 2, 2019, the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach...

Matured vaccination programme bearing fruit

Guyana’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) has matured from the initial tight focus on children when it began some 40 years ago to targeting...

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