Health
Guyana advances towards a world-class organ donation, transplant system
In an effort to strengthen Guyana’s healthcare capabilities and improve patient outcomes, the Ministry of Health has launched a 31-month Initiative to build a sustainable, resilient and internationally aligned organ donation and transplantation system. Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, met with a delegation from the Donation and Transplantation Institute (DTI Foundation), the Human Organ...
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...
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...
Three more COVID deaths; 104 new cases
The Ministry of Health on Saturday disclosed that three more people died from COVID-19 between October 27 and 30. The...
Proof of vaccination, PCR or antigen test results required to enter Guyana
The local authorities are now permitting vaccinated travellers to enter Guyana once they provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination and...
Partially vaccinated people must provide negative COVID test to enter buildings
Persons who are partially vaccinated – that is only vaccinated with one dose of a two-dose vaccine- are now required...
BREAKING: Curfew now from midnight to 4am; businesses, bars can open until 11pm
The Government of Guyana has changed the national curfew time to 12 midnight to 04:00hrs, according to the Official Gazette....
COVID-19: Six people die in one day; 94 new cases
Six people, including a 46-year-old unvaccinated woman from Region Four (Demerara- Mahaica), died on Thursday according to the Ministry of...
Revaccination not ruled out; Pres. Ali will await advice from medical professionals
While maintaining the Guyana continues to advocate for non-discrimination in travel based on the type of COVID-19 vaccines an individual...
Beacon Foundation gets $1 million from Seaboard Overseas Trading
The not-for-profit organization Beacon Foundation, which has been providing care for cancer patients free of charge, has received $1,070,000 from...
Four more die from COVID-19; 98 new cases recorded
Four persons who tested positive for COVID-19 died between October 22 and October 28, the Ministry of Health reported. Three...
Thousands of AstraZeneca vaccines will expire next month
Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Thursday revealed that thousands of doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines are on...
Task Force considering fully vaccinated mandate to enter Guyana, access public buildings
The National COVID-19 Task Force is considering implementing a fully vaccinated mandate for citizens here and persons entering Guyana. Minister...
Guyana to use USAID funds to tackle vaccine hesitancy, promote children’s vaccination
The local health authorities will be using its allocation from the US $25 million contributed to the Caribbean by USAID...
Guyana reaches 900 COVID deaths
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported that a 64-year-old man from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) is the country’s latest COVID-19...
Nursery, primary school children could return to schools with Pfizer vaccine rollout
Children from the ages of five to 11 could start receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines soon and Minister of Health...
‘Distressing’ findings in reports of Rights of the Child Commission
By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy There are some ‘distressing’ findings in the four annual reports of the Rights of the Child...
COVID surge puts pause on elective surgeries; GPHC working on resumption
The recent surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths, presumably caused by the spread of the deadly Delta variant, led to...
October COVID-19 death toll moves to 100; 66 new cases recorded
The Ministry of Health has reported that two women, aged 62 and 60 years old, died on Monday after they...
Children aged 5 to 11 could get Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines from next week- Dr. Anthony
Children in Guyana between the ages of five and 11 could start receiving the US-made Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines as early...
Some vaccinated Guyanese students unable to travel to T&T
There are some Guyanese students who need to travel to Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) for practical components that cannot be...
