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...
One more positive COVID-19 case takes the total to 125
As of May 19, 2020, Guyana recorded one new positive COVID-19 case bringing the total number of known cases to...
103 Guyanese to return; Gov’t considering phased reopening of economy
The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) has granted approval for 103 Guyanese who are stuck in various CARICOM countries to...
7 new cases of COVID-19, total now stands at 124
As of May 18, 2020, Guyana recorded seven new cases of the Coronavirus, bringing the total number of known cases...
After 49 days in isolation for COVID-19 Neaz Subhan discharged from hospital
See below a press release issued by Commissioner of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), Neaz Subhan who has recovered from...
21 South Rupununi villages say miners undermining COVID- 19 preventative efforts
The South Rupununi District Council (SRDC), which is made up of 21 communities of the indigenous Wapichan people in the...
One new case of COVID-19, total now stands at 117
As of May 16, Guyana recorded one new case of the Coronavirus bringing the total number of known cases to...
COVID-19: MYO embarks on food hamper drive
The Muslim Youth Organisation of Guyana (MYO), located in Woolford Avenue, Thomas Lands, Georgetown, has embarked on distributing 500 food...
Miners with COVID-19 symptoms urged to get tested
The Ministry of Health on Friday issued a special appeal to members of the mining community to get tested if...
3 new COVID-19 cases in 24hrs
As of May 15, Guyana recorded three new cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total number of known cases to...
GECOM still awaiting approval from Covid-19 Task Force to increase counting stations
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was Friday afternoon still awaiting a response from the National Covid-19 Task Force on its...
‘Mining must continue to function’ – GGDMA
The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) in a statement on Friday said mining is an essential industry and...
With no foreign visitors, tourism industry told to design packages to suit locals
With Guyana’s airports shut to international flights two months now and with there being no estimated re-opening time, the country’s...
JetBlue shifts start of Guyana flights to Spring 2021
The low cost airline JetBlue predicts it may be able to start flying to Guyana from the spring of 2021,...
Clinical trials being done at GPHC to treat COVID-19 patients; no new cases reported
While there is no approved treatment for COVID-19, the Ministry of Public Health is doing clinical trials at the Georgetown...
More patients test positive for COVID-19 at the Palms, all staff tested were negative
An additional four patients have tested positive for COVID-19 from the Palms Geriatric Home on Brickdam, Georgetown. Director of Social...
Indigenous Chiefs maintain they will not let outsiders in their villages
The toshaos, or village leaders, of several villages in the interior are determined not to let outsiders in to protect...
34 persons tested for COVID-19 within 24 hrs, no new cases
As of May 13, Guyana did not record any new case of COVID-19 after 34 persons were tested within the...
COVID-19: Brazil records highest daily rise in deaths
[BBC] – Brazil has recorded its highest daily rise in the number of deaths from the coronavirus, health officials say....
