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Nov 29, 20221 min read

Health ministry on alert for respiratory virus - Parents urged to take note of symptoms in children

Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony is urging parents with young children to take note of the symptoms associated with the Respiratory...

Nov 25, 20222 min read

There has been an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalisation - Health Minister

...3 samples from the recent deaths to be sent to CARPHA Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, on Thursday, said that there has been an...

Nov 13, 20221 min read

40-year-old pregnant mother dies at COVID-19 hospital

A 40-year-old pregnant mother died Friday at the National Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal, Georgetown. At the time of her...

Oct 7, 20221 min read

COVID-19 still exists - Health Minister

With an all-time low rate of COVID-19 infections, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony is still imploring persons to take their booster...

Sep 26, 20221 min read

Canada to remove all COVID travel restrictions from Oct 1

Canada will drop all COVID-19 restrictions for travellers from October 1, including vaccination and masking requirements for flights and...

Sep 15, 20221 min read

17 new COVID-19 cases recorded, 5 hospitalised

The Ministry of Health has recorded 17 new COVID-19 cases within the last 24 hours, and vaccination rates remain low. Notwithstanding,...

Aug 23, 20222 min read

“Covid doesn’t exempt anyone” – Health Minister warns parents to vaccinate children

Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony renews call for parents to vaccinate their children as his Ministry continues to work with the Ministry...

Aug 4, 20223 min read

High Court turns down suspended APNU+AFC MPs’ request to attend Parliament

High Court Judge Damone Younge on Thursday denied granting an interim order sought by eight A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance...

Jun 19, 20221 min read

Unvaccinated woman, 30 among two COVID-19 deaths; 35 new cases

Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll has gone up to 1,247 after two more persons died on Saturday after testing positive for the novel...

Jun 6, 20222 min read

Pfizer covid-19 vaccine available for 5-11 from Saturday

Guyana today received 52,800 doses of the covid-19 Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5-11 from the government of Spain and the...

Apr 19, 20222 min read

COVID numbers might look artificially low with low testing numbers - Health Minister

Schools' re-opening could see improved vaccination numbers. Reduced testing and vaccine hesitancy continue to be issues of concern for...

Apr 13, 20221 min read

GTA records a significant increase in travellers since the COVID restrictions review

Guyana in March 2020 recorded its first case of the COVID-19 virus and this subsequently resulted in a reduction in tourist arrivals, not...

Mar 29, 20221 min read

Decrease in COVID-19 testing & vaccination could be 'problematic' - Dr Anthony

The Government in early March removed most of the COVID-19 restrictions to allow for the safe re-opening of the country. However,...

Mar 23, 20221 min read

10,098 persons under the age of 19 were infected with COVID-19

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony has revealed that since the coronavirus pandemic started in Guyana, 4,647 males and 5,431 females...

Mar 22, 20222 min read

'Persons now have an individual responsibility to practise caution'

- In light of COVID-19, Health Minister says. President Dr Irfaan Ali on March 14 last signed an order that officially removed most of...

Mar 16, 20222 min read

Removal of COVID restrictions ‘a good thing’ for the economy – Private Sector Commission

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has welcomed the Government’s decision to remove all the COVID-19 measures that were in place. ...

Mar 16, 20221 min read

Health Minister says relevant precautions will be taken

-Should COVID-19 cases rise amid the announcement of the removal of some of its public health measures. Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony...

Mar 11, 20221 min read

Health ministry digitising vaccination data; persons found with forged vaccines will face the law

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony says data is currently being collected from 120 different vaccination sites on a daily basis which...

Mar 7, 20221 min read

10 new COVID cases discovered in the past day, 19 persons hospitalised; 5 in the ICU

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony during today’s COVID-19 update revealed that only 10 new COVID-19 cases were discovered during the...

Mar 7, 20222 min read

CARICOM holds discussion on how to be self-sufficient in producing COVID-19 vaccine

President Dr Irfaan Ali at a press conference on Sunday revealed that during his participation at the 33rd Inter-Sessional meeting of...