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Health  Minister Dr. Frank Anthony on Saturday refused to formally provide specific information about the batch of 200,000 doses of  Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine, but instead reiterated that all of the required procedures have been followed before and after the jabs were imported. Dr. Anthony said that after the vaccines arrived here , the Ministry of Health checked all of ...

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Friday formally asked Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony for details about the purchase of 200,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine. Already Dr. Anthony has said he would be willing to provide details to Mr. Harmon depending on what is requested. President Irfaan Ali late Thursday said the batch numbers are written on the vaccination ...

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Monday called for a suspension of the use of a batch of 200,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines until he could verify whether the jabs are not fake, but Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony has vowed to continue using that brand as is being done in  other countries to ensure Guyanese are protected from the ...

The Ministry of Health on Wednesday night sought to assure Guyanese that it did not buy the more than GYD$1 billion worth of  Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines from anyone facing legal troubles, adding that it had no apologies for buying the jabs at US$22 per dose. “At no time did Guyana procure vaccines from any illegal entity or anyone in ...

The United States has suspended the importation of dogs from Guyana and almost 100 other countries, in an effort to minimise the chances of rabies. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says these countries are considered high risk for importing dog rabies into the United States. “No CDC Dog Import Permits are issued upon arrival. Dogs that arrive ...

Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony on Monday said if Guyana had followed other Caribbean countries in depending on the COVAX facility to acquire vaccines, only about 10 percent of the adult population would have been vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. Responding to opposition questions about approval for GYDS$1.3 billion already spent on purchasing 300,000  Sputnik V and Sinopharm vaccines, he ...

The Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice) Vice Chairman, Douglas Gittens on Sunday died of the coronavirus, COVID-19, Regional Executive Officer Dwight John said. “We have had many interactions! Quite devastating,” said John who knew Gittens for several years as a fellow University of Guyana student. He said Gittens passed away at the Wismar COVID facility, having been admitted there last ...

A Corentyne woman, who planned to travel to the United States (US)  with a forged coronavirus vaccination certificate, has been arrested and placed on GYD$50,000 station bail, police said. A staff nurse at the Williamsburg Health Centre told Rose Hall police that on June 8 at about 3 PM, the 49-year old woman visited the health centre and reported that ...

A number of male patients at the Psychiatric Hospital, Canje on Saturday night lit mattresses, resulting in damage to the wooden building and hospitalisation of at least 11 of them, police said. “Eleven  of the patients who received burns about their bodies were rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital where they were admitted and are in a stable condition,” police ...

Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony on Monday announced that Guyana has purchased 150,000 of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to be administered to persons mainly in the interior regions, as part of the overall plan to build up resistance to the coronavirus by most Guyanese. “I think once we are able to get that, it will be very appropriate ...