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...
Bonus for healthcare workers – President Ali announces
All healthcare workers will receive a bonus equivalent to two weeks of their salary by the end of the year....
40 new COVID-19 cases; majority in Reg. 6
The Ministry of Health on Thursday recorded 40 new COVID-19 cases from 336 tests, taking the total number of confirmed...
Orealla/Siparuta, New Amsterdam record new COVID-19 cases
Orealla is now reporting positive COVID-19 cases, with new cases also being recorded in Siparuta and New Amsterdam in Region...
CIOG donates 200,000 face masks to COVID-19 fight
The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) on Wednesday donated a 20-foot container containing 200,000 masks to the government as...
World Bank provides $7.5 M to Guyana’s COVID-19 response
WASHINGTON, November 25, 2020 — The World Bank approved today the US$7.5 million Guyana COVID-19 Emergency Response Project to support the country in tackling the...
47 new COVID-19 cases recorded from 364 tests
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday recorded 47 new COVID-19 cases from 364 tests, taking the overall number of confirmed...
53-year-old woman is latest COVID-19 death
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported that a 53-year-old woman from Region Four died from COVID-19, taking Guyana’s death...
No restriction to flights from JFK ‘at this point’- Health Min.
By Bibi Khatoon The Guyana government is not considering the restriction of flights from the John F. Kennedy (JFK) International...
Anna Regina Deputy Mayor is latest COVID-19 death; 15 relatives in isolation after testing positive
By Isanella Patoir Sixty-nine-year old Rudolph Williams, the deputy mayor of Anna Regina (Region Two) has been recorded as the...
Suddie Hospital establishing $12M COVID-19 isolation unit
The Regional Democratic Council of Pomeroon-Supenaam (Region Two) has started infrastructural works to establish a $12 million COVID-19 isolation facility...
Another Siparuta resident dies from COVID-19; 35 new cases recorded
Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 147 on Tuesday following the death of another Siparuta, Region Six resident, who passed...
Lockdown not necessary for Siparuta – Health Minister
Despite an alarming increase in COVID-19 cases in the small indigenous community of Siparuta in Region Six, Minister of Health,...
21 new COVID-19 cases from 241 tests
The Ministry of Health has recorded 21 new COVID-19 cases from 241 tests, taking the overall number of confirmed cases...
AstraZeneca says COVID-19 ‘vaccine for the world’ can be 90% effective
(Reuters) – AstraZeneca said on Monday its COVID-19 vaccine could be around 90% effective, giving the world’s fight against the...
Another COVID-19 death takes toll to 146
An 88-year-old woman from Region 10 has been recorded as the country’s 146th COVID-19 death. The Ministry of Health in...
29-Y-0 man dies from COVID-19
A 29-year-old man from Region Seven (Cuyuni- Mazaruni) died from COVID-19 on Sunday, taking Guyana’s death toll to 145. The...
40 new COVID-19 cases
The Ministry of Health on Sunday recorded 40 new COVID-19 cases from 330 tests, taking the overall number of confirmed...
Siparuta man dies from COVID-19; Toshao mulls lockdown after outbreak
By Isanella Patoir An elderly man of Siparuta/Orealla, Region Six, died from complications related to COVID-19 at the Skeldon Hospital...
