Health

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday night unveiled a package of measures to ease the cash strain on thousands of Guyanese due to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, even as he announced plans to increase testing countrywide and acquire results in a short time and clear a backlog of 700 tests. The President said his administration wants to ...

by Samuel Sukhnandan With many international air carriers still not back in operation, the new government through the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is currently engaged in reviewing applications for limited inbound and outbound flights out of Guyana. Minister of Public Works Mr. Juan Edghill said Tuesday during a press conference that flights have been approved for the months of September ...

The Ministry of Health  is reporting COVID-19 death number 26. The deceased is a 43- year-old woman and was a patient of the transitional ward at the GPHC. The ministry says the patient was tested and upon admission at the Georgetown Hospital  following her death, the results came back as positive. The Ministry of Health says it is making every ...

Guyana’s coronavirus death toll has jumped to 25 after three persons succumbed to the deadly virus. The Ministry of Health has reported that three persons died today. Two of them were hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).  A third person, who was tested COVID-19 positive,  died while receiving care at the Bartica Regional Hospital. The Health Ministry says ...

Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll has risen to 23. The Ministry of Public Health also says that there are now 35 new cases of the coronavirus within the past 36 hours. They include the first case in Region Five (Mahaica-West Berbice). The Region Five administration says that person has since been isolated and contact tracing has begun. Latest figures show that ...

Region Five (Mahaica-West Berbice) has registered its first COVID-19 case. Earlier today, the Regional Administration said the patient has been isolated and active contact tracing has begun. This is aimed at finding people with whom the person has been in contact with so that they can be tested and quarantined to see if they will develop symptoms of the disease. ...

The Canadian oil exploration company (CGX Energy) and its partner, Frontera Energy, on Saturday injected GYD$24 million into Guyana’s battle against the coronavirus, COVID-19. The joint venture partners donated 40,000 boxes of locally-produced Morning Glory rice cereal worth GYD$14 million and GYD$10 million cash is expected to be disbursed. Both forms of assistance are being funneled through the Civil Defence ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on  Friday said the owner of Ocean View International Hotel, which has been converted into an Infectious Disease Hospital, is unlikely to regain possession of his building in the immediate future. “I must say that he’ll have a long wait,”  said Mr. Jagdeo in reference to the owner of the seaside building at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown. ...

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Friday announced that the scheduled reopening of schools on September 7 has been postponed due the increased cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19). No new date has been fixed. The minister made this announcement on Friday through the Department of Public Information (DPI) explaining that the decision was made after wide consultations were held with ...

Tourism Minister Oneidge Waldrond-Allicock has tested positive for the coronavirus, COVID-19, but President Irfaan Ali and other cabinet ministers have been tested negative, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony said in a statement late Thursday night. “Minister Allicock has been placed in self-isolation and will be monitored in accordance with the public health guidelines,” he said. In disclosing that the Tourism ...