COVID-19: Guyana records 59 cases in four days; total now 649

Guyana would have recorded 59 new cases of the Coronavirus Disease in just four days, says the country's Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr  Shamdeo...

Gov’t mulls increase to COVID-19 household assistance; disbursement details being ironed out – Jagdeo

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government is currently working out the minutiae of its plan to disburse direct assistance to persons affected by the...

Jagdeo bemoans APNU+AFC efforts to combat COVID-19; said country only had 2000 testing kits...

Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo has expressed disappointment in the way the former regime, the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC),...

U.S. Ambassador to be tested for COVID-19 after Foreign Minister tests positive

U.S. Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch and the Deputy Chief of Mission are both getting the PCR diagnostic test and will remain self quarantined...

Region Nine gets COVID-19 relief

Some 520 hampers and over 2000 face masks were handed over to Toshaos and Community Leaders in Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region Nine) to aid...

Gov’t. working to address resurgence of illegal pesticides, toxic chemicals trade

Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha says that there is a sporadic resurgence of the illegal trade of pesticides and toxic chemicals from neighbouring countries and...

UNDP provides COVID-19 support to Persons Living with HIV, LGBT+ Community

UNDP has provided $5.6 million worth of food items to make available nutritional support to Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV) and members of the...

President, Health Minister meet small political parties on COVID-19 response

President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali and Minister of Public Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, yesterday, met with the leaders of the small political parties including...

Guyana to receive additional 65,000 COVID-19 test kits; Gov’t. to secure $4B to help...

Guyana is set to receive some 65,000 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests in the coming weeks. According to President Irfaan Ali, the Prime Minister of...

COVID-19: Guyana receives over 46,000 rapid testing kits, essential medical supplies

Director General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig, last evening, handed over a quantity of essential medical supplies to the...

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