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...
No new COVID-19 case; Ministry warns Guyanese who illegally cross borders
Guyana recorded no new COVID-19 case for the second day; 14 new tests were done in the past 24 hours...
160 Guyanese to return from the U.S this weekend; will be placed in home quarantine
By Isanella Patoir Approximately 160 Guyanese who are stranded will be able to leave the United States of America and...
COVID-19 curfew, other measures extended until June 17
The National COVID-19 Task Force on Tuesday announced that the Emergency Measures (No.3) published in the Gazette 29th April 2020...
Reg. 5 ramps up measures to protect residents from COVID-19
Three of the ten administrative Regions in Guyana have not confirmed any positive case of the COVID-19 including Region Five...
40 more persons tested for COVID-19, no new cases reported
The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported that the number of persons tested positive for the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19)...
One more COVID-19 case confirmed; three more recoveries
One additional person was tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours bringing the total known cases in Guyana...
16-year-old Lupus patient dies at GPHC; father claims negligence
By Isanella Patoir Sixteen-year-old Nandita Mohanram was a normal high school teenager before she was diagnosed with lupus in 2018....
Two new COVID-19 cases recorded; total now at 152
Guyana on May 30 recorded two new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of known cases to 152. The Ministry...
No COVID-19 lockdown – Harmon says
Three days before the expiry of the current curfew period, Chief Executive Officer of the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF)...
Palms COVID-19 patient dies at GPHC
Guyana on Saturday recorded its 12th death as a result of COVID-19 complications. Seventy-eight-year-old John Damon, a former patient of...
MYO continues charity drive with food hamper distribution
The Muslim Youth Organisation of Guyana (MYO), located in Woolford Avenue, Thomas Lands, Georgetown, has once again embarked on the...
Regions 1 & 7 account for 16% of COVID-19 cases; males 29-35 mostly affected
No new case of COVID-19 was confirmed on Friday but the Ministry of Public Health is concerned about the increase...
Guyana now projected to record 785 COVID-19 cases; PAHO supports phased re-opening of economy
By Bibi Khatoon Guyana is now projected to record 784 cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the Pan...
PAHO says all frontline workers should be tested, donates 4,000 COVID-19 test kits
The Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) on Friday donated 4,000 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test kits to the Ministry...
Chinese Embassy donates 30,000 face masks to City Hall
The People’s Government of Fuzhou China, through the Chinese Embassy, on Friday donated 30,000 face masks to the Mayor and...
PAHO flays Public Health Ministry, says Guyana failing in its fight against Tobacco use
By Bibi Khatoon Country Representative of the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) Dr William Adu-Krow has taken a...
Six more from Moruca test positive for COVID-19
By Isanella Patoir Two family members of the first COVID-19 victim from Moruca in the North-West District, Region One along...
PSC against mandatory quarantine of returning Guyanese who test negative for COVID-19
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) believes that the mandatory requirement for Guyanese to be quarantined for 14 days after returning...
