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...
11 new cases of COVID-19 in 24-hrs; total now at 150
As of May 28, 2020, Guyana recorded 11 new cases of COVID-19 in less than 24 hours bringing the total...
Over 90 persons fined by City Hall for not wearing masks, breaking curfew
The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown has fined 51 persons for not wearing face masks, 14 for illegal vending...
Returning Guyanese can choose Charlotte St. ‘long and short time’ hotel for quarantine
Following numerous queries by Guyanese stranded overseas for the location of the ‘Baracara Hotel’ which is listed on the repatriation...
No new COVID-19 cases; Ministry concerned with ‘alarming’ situation along borders
No new COVID-19 cases were reported for May 27, 2020, and the total stands at 139. A total of 67...
COVID-19 deaths continue to soar in Brazil
BBC – The World Health Organization has warned that Latin America has become the epicentre of the crisis and Brazil...
Moruca’s first COVID-19 patient spent over 21 days in quarantine before being tested
By Isanella Patoir The first confirmed COVID-19 patient in Moruca, North-West District, Region One, spent over 21 days in self-quarantine...
Recovering patients moved to incomplete COVID-19 hospital
Approximately nine patients who have been tested negative for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), after spending weeks in isolation, were...
Guyana’s COVID-19 cases continue to climb; total now at 139
As of May 26, 2020, Guyana recorded two new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases to 139....
Rupununi Chamber of Commerce wants border with Brazil to remain closed for the next 3 months
See below a statement issued by the Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday: Two months ago, the Guyana...
Brandsville, Bacanas hotels to serve as quarantine facilities for returning Guyanese
The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has identified two private hotels as quarantine facilities for Guyanese...
Guyanese returning from overseas to be screened and possibly tested for COVID-19
See below the full press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Monday: Travel Advisory for Repatriation of Guyanese...
Patient with suspected COVID-19 symptoms left to die at Wismar Hospital
By Bibi Khatoon A Linden, Region Ten woman is alleging that the callous actions of nurses at the Wismar Hospital...
Two new cases of COVID-19; Reg. 3 closely behind to becoming epicenter of outbreak
As of May 25, 2020, Guyana recorded two new cases of the deadly Coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases...
Moruca man dies from COVID-19
By Isanella Patoir Guyana on Monday recorded its 11th death from the Coronavirus Disease. Dead is 59-year-old Vincent Torres, a...
COVID-19 patients bemoan conditions at Diamond Isolation Unit
By Bibi Khatoon COVID-19 patients at the Diamond Isolation Unit on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) have again raised...
Six more at the Palms test positive for COVID-19
Six women who live at the Palms Geriatric Home in Brickdam, Georgetown, recently tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the...
Health officials mum after doctors try to break down door at isolation facility
The Ministry of Public Health remains silent two days after doctors were caught on video trying to break down the...
Mabaruma businesswoman recovers from COVID-19; recalls the pain of discrimination
Fifty-two-year-old Lolita Wong is a businesswoman living and plying her trade in the Mabarumba sub-region of Barima-Waini, Region One. She...
