Visitation ban to be lifted at Infectious Diseases Hospital
The Health Ministry will be lifting the visitation restrictions in place at the Infectious Diseases Hospital as early as next week.
Speaking during today’s COVID-19...
Govt working to enhance national laboratory capacity to test for more diseases
The Ministry of Health is improving its laboratory capacity to meet the needs of patients at different levels of the health system.
Health Minister, Dr...
School screening programme to be introduced to detect health issues among students
Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony on Tuesday announced that the Guyana Government will soon introduce a screening programme within schools that will help in...
Project launched to ensure pesticide vendors are trained & certified before operating
The Ministry of Agriculture’s Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB) has recently launched its Pesticide Vendors Education and Certification Programme in order to...
Active COVID-19 cases at 63 with one new infection
Another person has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health today.
Consequently, active COVID-19 cases...
11 new COVID-19 cases recorded
The Ministry of Health has reported that 11 more persons tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
This now takes active...
Rare neural tube defect separated, successfully repaired on 11-day-old child at GPHC
When Altia Atkinson, a 34-year-old housewife, from Reliance, Essequibo found out that she was pregnant earlier this year, she and her husband Satesh Persaud,...
Govt removes Covid vaccine mandate for entry into Guyana
Persons travelling to Guyana no longer need to present proof of vaccination against the novel coronavirus, according to updated measures instituted by the government.
The...
Paruima to get resident doctor as $14M doctors’ quarters completed
Residents in Paruima Village, Region Seven, will no longer have to travel long hours to Kamarang Village or Georgetown to seek medical services, following...
Newer strains of COVID-19 can still pose a challenge – Dr Anthony
The COVID-19 pandemic is not over and Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony is not ruling out the possibility that newer strains of the...
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Faizal Khan returns as head of BritCham Guyana
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The British Chamber of Commerce in Guyana...
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Hicken instructed...
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