By News Source Guyana on September 6, 2021
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There are now over 2300 active cases of COVID-19 in Guyana with 2,269 of those active cases recovering at home. The death toll in the country climbed to 641 over the weekend and there are 33 persons in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit. The number of new cases of the virus has been climbing steadily […]
By News Source Guyana on September 6, 2021
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The Opposition APNU+AFC has described as authoritarian the latest move by the Government that demands that persons visiting all public buildings including private businesses and places of worship be vaccinated against COVID-19 or show proof of a negative COVID-19 test result. In a statement last evening, the main opposition said the updated measure runs contrary […]
By News Source Guyana on September 5, 2021
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Less than a week after the government issued mostly unchanged COVID-19 guidelines, it has amended Section 17 of the guidelines which dealt with vaccination requirements for government buildings to now include all public buildings including privately owned ones and institutions of learning. Based on the regulations covering both public and private buildings, it now means […]
By News Source Guyana on September 5, 2021
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First Lady Arya Ali continues to push for an end to period poverty in Guyana and on Thursday she officially launched her Menstrual Hygiene Initiative in the Region Two community of Anna Regina. As part of the launch, the First Lady provided the Regional Education Department with 1,043 cases of sanitary pads which is equivalent […]
By News Source Guyana on September 3, 2021
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The Members of Parliament for Region 10 along with the Regional Chairman and the Mayor’s Office are in full support of the ongoing protests by healthcare workers and teachers in the region against the government’s vaccination policy, which has seen scores of health workers being locked out of the Linden Hospital. In a joint statement, […]
By News Source Guyana on September 3, 2021
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Schools across the country will reopen on Monday but students of secondary schools who are currently being targeted for vaccination against COVID-19 will only return to their classroom when they are fully vaccinated against the virus. Officials at Secondary schools across the country have been told by the Education Ministry that their reopening will be […]
By News Source Guyana on September 3, 2021
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Workers at the Child Care and Protection Agency stood in unity today as they rejected the vaccination requirement policy. The government agency told staffers yesterday that the unvaccinated staffers would be locked out of the compound this morning. The agency kept that promise but may have been thrown off when all of the workers stayed […]
By News Source Guyana on September 3, 2021
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The number of active COVID-19 cases in the country has surged past 2000 with all 10 regions seeing increased cases as the Delta variant of the virus spreads. The Health Ministry is particularly worried by the situation in Regions 3 and 4, which account for more than 80% of the active cases. In Region 4, […]
By News Source Guyana on September 3, 2021
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Two days after Leader of the People’s National Congress, David Granger informed party Chairperson Volda Lawrence and General Secretary Amna Ally that he will be proceeding on a leave of absence from the party, he has now written to the Central Executive Members of the party and the party’s Members of Parliament confirming his decision. […]
By News Source Guyana on September 2, 2021
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Opposition parliamentary spokesperson on Health, Member of Parliament Dr. Karen Cummings issued a call on the government today to reconsider its vaccination strategy since it may be turning off persons who might have eventually considered taking the vaccine shots. While declaring that the Opposition is not against vaccination, Dr. Cummings said the current situation does […]