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...
Preparations ongoing for NGSA, CSEC students to return to school
The Ministry of Education on Tuesday said schools across the country commenced preparations for exam students to return to school...
Another COVID-19 patient who tested negative now tests positive again
A few COVID-19 persons who were once cleared have retested positive for the Coronavirus, raising concerns. The patient recently received...
No new COVID-19 case recorded; four more persons recover
Guyana did not record any new COVID-19 case as of June 8, 2020, but four more persons have recovered bringing...
No new COVID-19 case recorded today
Guyana did not record any new case of COVID-19 as of June 7, 2020. The total number of confirmed cases...
137 Guyanese back on GT soil
After months of being stranded in the USA due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a decision taken by the National COVID-19...
One new COVID-19 case; 80 recoveries
After five days of no new COVID-19 case, Guyana on June 6, 2020, recorded one new positive case, bringing the...
137 stranded Guyanese in Miami to return today
The first wave of stranded Guyanese to return home after a decision by the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) is...
Ministry warns against becoming complacent as no new COVID-19 case reported
For the fifth consecutive day, the Ministry of Public Health reported that there have been no new cases of the...
No more than two flights per week for stranded Guyanese- Patterson
Two flights are likely to be allowed into Guyana every week to repatriate stranded Guyanese, according to Minister of Public...
No more than 15 students in a classroom when schools reopen for exams
Director of the National Center for Educational Resource Development (NCERD), Jennifer Cumberbatch Friday morning said that no more than 15...
Dr Dukhi to operate free of cost on Kato mother of 8
Guyana’s lone Neurosurgeon and Head of Neurosurgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Dr Amarnauth Dukhi has offered to perform...
Patient in isolation for over 72 days test positive again for COVID-19
An asymptomatic COVID-19 patient, who has been in isolation for over 72 days, has retested positive for the deadly disease...
Guyana gets 48 Housing Units to help fight COVID-19
The Guyana Government has received 48 Prefabricated Housing Units from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to assist...
Seven more persons recover from COVID-19, no new cases
Seven more persons have recovered from COVID-19, bringing the total number of recoveries to 77 while Guyana has not recorded...
Patient with no COVID-19 symptoms in isolation for 72 days, unable to provide for wife & children
By Isanella Patoir An asymptomatic COVID-19 patient is in isolation for 72 days and counting and he has no idea...
Kato mother of 8 with rare brain tumor seeks financial help for surgery
A 50-year-old mother of eight of Kato Village, Region Eight is seeking financial assistance to offset the cost of a...
Guyana records no new COVID-19 cases for third day
Guyana for the third consecutive day has not recorded any new case of the new coronavirus ad, therefore, the total...
Region Ten records 10th case of COVID-19
Region Ten has recorded its 10th case of COVID-19, and the Regional Health and Emergency Committee has expressed grave concern...
