Guyana records five more COVID-19 deaths, over 200 new cases

Five more persons, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), have died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to...

Guyana receives key equipment from UNICEF for safe storage of children’s vaccines

UNICEF Deputy Representative to Guyana and Suriname, Irfan Akhtar, today handed over 10 solar refrigerators, 4 solar freezers, 8 electrical refrigerators, 1 Ultra-Low Temperature...

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...

Illegal border crossings, poor border control lending to COVID-19 spike in mining areas –...

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) says it is alarmed by the recent upsurge in the number of cases of Coronavirus in...

COVID-19 virus still “surging dangerously” in the region-PAHO Director

Even though Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Carissa F. Etienne recently applauded the arrival of over 2.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines procured...

COVID-19 Update: One new case confirmed; three more persons recover

Guyana has reported one new case of the COVID-19 virus; taking the overall number of persons infected to 159. This was according to the...

COVID-19 Hotspots: Over 200 active cases in Diamond and Grove; 94 in Bartica, Kitty...

While several villages continue to record high numbers of new COVID-19 infections, those figures may not represent the true situation on the ground, says...

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...

Shortage of TB drugs addressed with emergency supplies

Although recently faced with a shortage of tuberculosis (TB) medication, the Ministry of Public Health has assured that there is currently no cause for...

Despite increased domestic resources, Region still at risk of losing HIV gains

Acular, focus is needed for more domestic funding even as countries in the Caribbean and Guyana continue to see a decline in international funding. Making...

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