G/Town M&CC gets $8M from PAHO for COVID-19 fight

(DPI)- The Mayor of Georgetown, His Worship, Pandit Ubraj Narine disclosed yesterday that the City Council has received approximately $8 Million (US$38,412) from the...

Other CARICOM countries seeing decline in COVID-19 cases, but not Guyana – Chief Medical...

Guyana continues to chalk up more COVID-19 cases while other countries in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are experiencing a decline, says Chief Medical Officer...

No new COVID-19 cases reported; 67 persons now listed as recovered

No new cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been reported for today, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Shamdeo Persaud said today. Meanwhile,...

Guyanese stranded abroad warned against traveling home without gov’t approval; repatriation to be done...

With over 300 Guyanese stranded overseas slated to return to Guyana under the controlled re-entry policy,  the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned that...

CDC gives hampers to flooded Region 9 village 

A team from the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Monday, travelled to Gunns/Masekenari Village in the Konashen District, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region Nine) to conduct...

The Americas have become the epicenter for COVID-19 pandemic- PAHO

The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa Etienne, Tuesday said the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Region of...

Alleged COVID-19 patient detained while shopping at New Amsterdam Market for ’bush medicine’

A woman, who is alleged to be infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID19) and who had earlier escaped from a Demerara quarantine centre, was...

COVID-19 claims another life; 11 now dead with two more confirmed cases

Guyana has recorded it's 11th COVID-19 death, a Health Ministry spokesperson has revealed. Also, it was reported that of the thirty-two (32) tests done today,...

Region One’s first COVID-19 recovery, shares her story

(DPI)- Fifty-two-year-old Lolita Wong is a businesswoman living and plying her trade in the Mabarumba sub-region of Barima-Waini, Region One. She is also the...

$959M hospital commissioned in Port Kaituma

HOSPITAL COMMISSIONED | The long-awaited Port Kaituma Regional Hospital was officially commissioned today by the Minister of Public Health, Hon. Volda Lawrence. A total of...

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