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Lethem Hospital workers, families quarantined
At least five health care workers, who work at the Lethem Hospital, and family members have been quarantined because they...
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Elections Commissioner denies assaulting doctor during temperature check; police called in
Police were Wednesday investigating an allegation that Elections Commissioner Robeson Benn assaulted a doctor at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre...
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COVID-19 positive man escapes from Lethem Hospital, caught in Brazil
Karl Parker The Guyanese man, who tested positive for COVID-19, escaped from a Lethem Hospital isolation facility, and fled to...
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Rupununi records its first COVID-19 case
Region Nine: Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo As the number of COVID-19 cases in neighbouring Brazil continues to soar, Guyana is reporting...
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Public Health Ministry identifies COVID-19 areas on East Bank, East Coast Demerara
The Public Health Ministry on Friday pin-pointed several villages on the East Coast and East Bank Demerara from where persons...
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100 families in Mora-Parika NDC get COVID-19 relief supplies
The relief packages being prepared for distribution to households in the Mora-Parika NDC, East Bank Essequibo. At least 103 families...
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GTT reopens stores after gearing up for coronavirus
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Monday announced that it would be reopening its stores from this week...
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NGOs call for removal of gold mining as “essential service”
Several non-governmental organisations are calling on authorities to remove gold mining operations as an essential service and closely monitor the...
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Dusk-to-dawn COVID-19 curfew extended until June; stranded Guyanese overseas asked to submit travel requests
Stabroek Market Square at 6 PM on 20th April, 2020. The Public Health Ministry has extended the 6 PM to...
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18 vulnerable organisations to benefit from CDC social relief efforts
Ganesh Singh, programme coordinator of the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD). Eighteen organizations, which cater to...
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