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...
Guyana gets US$475,000 from U.S. to help in fight against COVID-19
The United States Government will be releasing US$475,000 to Guyana to help in its fight against the deadly new Coronavirus....
CDC donates 5,000 face masks to GPOC for pensioners
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Wednesday donated 5,000 face masks to the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC), which will...
HIV persons at higher risk of contracting COVID-19
Director of the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS), Dr Rhonda Moore is pleading with persons living with HIV to reduce...
Georgetown is epicenter of COVID-19 cases; one person in critical condition
The number of known COVID-19 cases in Guyana remain at 67 as of April 22 and Minister of Health Volda...
Early pension payment to commence April 29
The Guyana Post Office Corporation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protection, continues to implement systems that seek to...
The infection that’s silently killing Coronavirus patients
The New York Times – This is what I learned during 10 days of treating Covid pneumonia at Bellevue Hospital....
67 COVID-19 cases, three persons in ICU
As of April 21, Guyana confirmed one new case of the new Coronavirus bringing the total number of cases to...
Guyana, Suriname agree on measures to allow food, fuel into river villages
Authorities from Guyana and Suriname on Tuesday agreed that while borders will remain closed to prevent the spread of the...
NGO offers free counselling during lockdown
Cognizant of the impact of the lockdown on persons’ mental health, Critical Response Guyana -a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) ––is providing...
Gov’t denies request to evacuate Guyanese doctors, students in Cuba; will send hampers instead
Over 61 Guyanese doctors and medical students who are studying in Cuba have requested special permission to return home as...
Fmr. manager at Chronicle dies from COVID-19 in US; five friends in ICU
A former Advertising Manager at the Guyana Chronicle has succumbed to COVID-19 related complications in the United States while five...
Barbados to ramp up testing for COVID-19
Nation News – Barbados will ramp up testing for the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the coming days after receiving an additional...
Immigration to US to be suspended amid pandemic, Trump says
[BBC] – President Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the...
CARICOM recount team to undergo COVID-19 test in home countries
The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) on Monday approved proposals -for CARICOM officials who will be given permission for special...
66 COVID-19 cases, 5 in ICU
As of April 20, Guyana confirmed one new case of COVID-19 bringing the total number of cases to 66, including...
Some teachers say teaching online ‘challenging, almost impossible’
One month after schools across Guyana were closed in an effort to curb the spread of the deadly new coronavirus,...
Guyanese political activist dies from COVID-19 in US
A 44-year-old political activist is the latest known Guyanese to have lost his life to the new Coronavirus Disease in...
Two new COVID-19 cases confirmed, 49 in isolation
As of April 19, Guyana confirmed two new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of cases to 65, including...
