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Over 4000 parents have already granted permission for their children to be vaccinated against COVID-19 using the Pfizer vaccine. The Government of Guyana this afternoon received a donation of 146,250 doses of the Pfizer vaccine from the United States, which according to the Education Ministry is more than enough to cover Guyana’s school population of […]
The COVID-19 death toll in Guyana reached 601 today as the Ministry of Health recorded four more deaths. Three of the deaths occurred on Sunday while the fourth person passed away last Friday. Based on figures released by the Ministry of Health, a total of 55 deaths have been recorded since the start of August. […]
Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn today dismissed claims that a number of firefighters have been blocked from promotions. Responding to reports that some firefighters are considering a move to the Courts over their names not appearing on a promotion list, the Home Affairs Minister said a promotion list does not even exist. He said […]
With the Education Ministry and the Health Ministry rolling out their vaccination drive for children above the age of 12, Education Minister Priya Manickchand revealed today that parents who opt not to send their children to school when classes resume on the 6th September can do the homeschooling of the children themselves. “Parents will be […]
The Ministry of Education has announced its decision to reopen schools to face-to-face learning on the 6th of September. Teachers who are unvaccinated are being encouraged to get vaccinated by then. Teachers who remain unvaccinated will be required to produce a weekly COVID-19 PCR test result at their own cost or be marked absent from […]
The Ministry of Health has announced the arrival of a quantity of the one-shot Johnson&Johnson vaccine and 5000 doses of the Sputnik V 2nd dose vaccine. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is currently the only one-shot vaccine approved by the World Health Organisation. All of the other vaccines require two shots. It is also the […]
Former Attorney General Basil Williams has expressed some concern over the recently passed Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, pointing out that the piece of legislation is a clear danger in the fight to combat terrorism and transnational crimes and threatens the integrity of the country’s National Register of Registrants. The Registration of Births […]
As the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education continue to meet to work out the modalities for the safe reopening of schools in September, the Ministry of Health is recommending that students be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to school. Additionally, the Health Ministry also wants other measures including the wearing of masks […]
661 new cases of Coronavirus have been recorded in the past five days and not much is being done to tackle the spread of the virus. Regions 3 and 4 are the regions recording the highest number of new cases, accounting for more than 75% of all new cases. The two neighbouring regions also continue […]
There are almost 1200 active cases of Coronavirus in the country and the nation’s death toll jumped to 591 today as the country recorded three additional deaths. Based on the figures released by the Health Ministry, the past week, Guyana has recorded a total of 21 COVID-19 related deaths and a whopping 703 new cases. […]
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