Health
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 could drive up global temperatures and increase the risk of extreme weather over the coming months. El Niño is a periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, which typically lasts...
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...
Caribbean eating too much salt as hypertension, heart disease surge — CARPHA warns
The Caribbean Public Health Agency, CARPHA, is sounding the alarm over dangerously high salt consumption across the region, warning that...
67 more Guyanese return from Miami
Wednesday’s Eastern Airlines repatriation flight from Miami saw the return of 67 Guyanese due to an approval granted by the...
Guyana records 13th COVID-19 death
Guyana this week recorded its 13th death from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The 42-year-old male died at the Georgetown...
Three new COVID-19 cases recorded from 56 tests
Guyana on July 1 recorded three new COVID-19 cases from 56 additional tests, pushing the overall known cases in the...
COVID-19 hotspot Santa Rosa to go under full lockdown from Saturday
The Community of Santa Rosa in the Moruca sub-district, Region One will be proceeding on a total lockdown from Saturday,...
Guyana a long way from returning to normal says CMO as 10 new COVID-19 cases recorded
With ten new COVID-19 cases confirmed on Tuesday, Chief Medical Officer, Dr Shamdeo Persaud said the country is a long...
Third Guyanese test positive for COVID-19 after returning from Brazil
Region Nine on Monday recorded its third COVID-19 case with that person recently returning home from Brazil. Recently, two students...
Students in Santa Rosa COVID-19 hotspot still have to sit NGSA
By Isanella Patoir With over 60 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Santa Rosa, Moruca, Region One, National Grade Six Assessment...
Chief Medical Officer lashes out at ‘young population’ for flouting COVID-19 measures
With five new cases of COVID-19 recorded as of June 29 pushing Guyana’s overall total to 235, the Chief Medical...
Cop, Doctor, Medex among 63 tested positive for COVID-19 in Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa in the Moruca sub-district of Region One has become the hotspot for COVID-19 cases; as of Saturday, the...
3-Y-O among new COVID-19 cases in Bartica
A three-year-old child is among four persons who were tested positive for COVID-19 in Bartica and are among the new...
COVID-19 testing suspended to facilitate electrical works at laboratory
The Ministry of Public Health has temporarily suspended COVID-19 testing in order to complete electrical works at the National Public...
15 new COVID-19 cases; warning again sounded for Regions 1 and 7
Of the 68 tests that were done in the last 24 hours, there are 15 new cases of COVID-19 in...
All in place for CJIA to reopen Wednesday for limited incoming flights
As Guyana moves to the second phase of reopening the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on July 01, a team...
Miners blame illegal border crossings, poor control cause for the spike in COVID-19
The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) on Friday said it is alarmed by the recent upsurge in the...
Six new COVID-19 cases confirmed
Six new persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours bringing the total number of confirmed cases...
Authorities say returning Guyanese providing wrong information on arrival
Over 600 Guyanese who were stuck overseas due to COVID-19 have returned home but the Ministry of Public Health says...
Three new COVID-19 cases; Moruca now epicentre for Reg. 1
Guyana on June 24 recorded three new COVID-19 cases from 78 additional tests, bringing the total number of known cases...
Bartica records first COVID-19 case
A male resident of Bartica, Region Seven has tested positive for COVID-19; the patient is showing symptoms of the diseases,...
