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...
Private hospitals given greenlight to test, treat COVID-19 patients
The Government has granted permission to private hospitals that wish to acquire test kits for COVID-19 and treat patients who...
Guyana to get 30,000 masks, ventilators from China
Guyana is set to receive 30,000 masks, some ventilators and other medical equipment from China to aid in the fight...
New York City public schools to remain closed for rest of school year -Mayor
[Reuters] – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Saturday public schools will remain closed for the rest...
Coronavirus: Brazil reports over 1,000 deaths
[BBC] – Brazil has become the first country in the southern hemisphere to surpass 1,000 deaths with coronavirus. The health...
Coronavirus: US death toll passes 2,000 in a single day
[BBC] – The US has become the first country in the world to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in...
40 confirmed COVID-19 cases now in Guyana
As of April 10, Guyana recorded three new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 40. The...
COVID-19: Helping strangers lying in a bed, nurses make the ultimate sacrifices, but face discrimination
By Bibi Khatoon Esofa Piggot has been sacrificing time away from his wife and two children –one just two months...
Courts donates $6.5M COVID-19 bus
Courts Guyana on Thursday donated a $6.5M bus to the Ministry of Public Health to support its fight against the...
Updated COVID-19 measures now gazetted
Updated COVID-19 measures, dated April 9, were Thursday published in the official gazette. These emergency measures are made pursuant to...
COVID-19: 21 persons who came from Barbados cleared to leave quarantine facility; confirmed cases remain at 37
The Ministry of Health has announced that as of noon April 09, Guyana still had 37 confirmed cases of the...
His life centred on rugby and the Army, but Colonel Lewis lost battle to COVID-19
By Avenash Ramzan Colonel John Percy Leon Lewis, the former president of the Guyana Rugby Football Union, is the sixth...
COVID-19: Eating well, controlling diabetes and blood pressure important
Building your immune system and controlling your diabetes and high blood pressure are key factors in fighting off the coronavirus...
Gov’t recalls substandard Purcill brand hand sanitizer
The Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) is altering the general public of the immediate recall of the Purcill...
WHO launches storybook to help children understand COVID-19
With lockdowns, curfews and increased rules implemented across the world to tackle the spread of COVID-19, the World Health Organisation...
Guyana using Malaria drugs to treat COVID-19
The Georgetown Public Hospital has begun using drugs approved for the treatment of malaria to treat the Coronavirus Disease 2019...
Wismar Hospital to be used as isolation facility for COVID-19 patients
The Wismar Hospital in Region Ten is being equipped to serve as an isolation facility for patients diagnosed with the...
COVID-19: Persons urged not to visit Rupununi for Easter weekend
Persons are being urged not to visit the Rupununi this Easter weekend as Amerindians communities to keep out the coronavirus...
Nothing stops private hospitals from testing for COVID-19 – PAHO/WHO
Country representative for the Pan-American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) in Guyana, Dr William Adu-Krow says there is nothing preventing...
