Health
Guyana advances towards a world-class organ donation, transplant system
In an effort to strengthen Guyana’s healthcare capabilities and improve patient outcomes, the Ministry of Health has launched a 31-month Initiative to build a sustainable, resilient and internationally aligned organ donation and transplantation system. Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, met with a delegation from the Donation and Transplantation Institute (DTI Foundation), the Human Organ...
UN urges the world to ready for extreme heat risk from El Niño
GENEVA, June 2 (Reuters) – The United Nations weather agency forecast on Tuesday a moderate or possibly a strong El Niño that...
Guyana prepares for historic robotic surgery as healthcare enters new era
Guyana is preparing to make medical history with what could become the longest-distance robotic cardiac surgery ever performed. President Irfaan...
20-min Antigen tests will be used on persons with COVID-19 symptoms
The Ministry of Health has more than 50,000 COVID-19 Antigen tests, which it will be using in all the regions...
32 COVID-19 cases from 210 tests
The Ministry of Health on Monday recorded 32 COVID-19 cases from 210 tests, taking the overall number of confirmed cases...
Woman, 34, dies from COVID-19; death toll now at 154
The Ministry of Health has revealed that a 34-year-old woman of Region Four has become the country’s latest COVID-19 fatality,...
28 new COVID-19 cases
A total of 28 new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Sunday, bringing the overall known cases to 5,665 since March...
Regions 1, 7 men die from COVID-19
The Ministry of Health on Sunday recorded its first two COVID-19 deaths for December, bringing the overall death toll to...
36 new COVID-19 cases; 38 more recoveries
The Ministry of Health on Saturday recorded 36 new COVID-19 cases and 38 new recoveries. As a result, there are...
73 new COVID-19 cases recorded
The Ministry of Health on Friday recorded 73 new COVID-19 cases from 230 tests, taking the overall number of confirmed...
Persons travelling from Suriname have to produce negative PCR COVID-19 test
Passengers travelling from Suriname to Guyana via the Moleson Creek port from December 12 will be required to produce a...
Parents of baby who died from COVID-19 test negative
The parents of a six-day-old infant, who was recorded as Guyana’s 150th COVID-19 death, have tested negative for the disease,...
Persons with disabilities call for ‘disability grant,’ jobs in public sector
Guyana on Thursday joined with the rest of the world to observe International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) under...
79 COVID-19 cases from 304 tests
The Ministry of Health on Thursday recorded 79 new COVID-19 cases from 304 tests, taking the overall number of confirmed...
Ali urges UN to pilot roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine for developing countries
President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali address to the 31st Special Session of the General Assembly, in response to the COVID-19...
Guyana recorded 104 AIDS-related deaths in 2019; 807 new HIV cases
At the end of 2019, Guyana recorded 104 HIV/AIDS-related deaths, according to statistics released by the National AIDS Programme Secretariat...
More positive COVID-19 cases in Reg. 10
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday recorded 26 new COVID-19 cases from 259 tests, taking the total number of confirmed...
Growing migrant sex worker population in Guyana needs help, says Sex Work Coalition
By Kurt Campbell Executive Director of the Guyana Sex Work Coalition (GSWC), Miriam Edwards is urging the authorities in Guyana...
Gov’t now ‘leaning’ towards administering first set of COVID-19 vaccine to elderly, persons with comorbidities
By Isanella Patoir Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony on Wednesday revealed that the government is “leaning towards” administering the...
Pfizer vaccine judged safe for use in UK from next week
(BBC) – The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, paving the...
Health team departs Orealla/Siparuta; lockdown still in effect
The external health team sent to do mass testing in Orealla/Siparuta, Region Six following an outbreak of COVID-19 two weeks...
