Tag: Ministry of Public health

Media Advisory

Media Advisory

- March 13, 2020

March 13, 2020. Georgetown, Guyana - The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown wishes to inform the general ... Read More

Coronavirus – the origin

Coronavirus – the origin

- March 12, 2020

DPI, Guyana, Thursday, March 12, 2020 It was New Year’s Eve 2019 when health officials in China realised that a ... Read More

Elderly persons with pre-existing health conditions vulnerable to coronavirus

Elderly persons with pre-existing health conditions vulnerable to coronavirus

- March 12, 2020

DPI, Guyana, Thursday, March 12, 2020 The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been spreading with a global average 3.5 percent death ... Read More

Caribbean Airlines, CJIA adopt precautionary measures

Caribbean Airlines, CJIA adopt precautionary measures

- March 12, 2020

−following reports of Guyana’s 1st coronavirus case −Caribbean Airlines crew members quarantined −CAL’s assured health of staff and other passengers ... Read More

Fact checking the Novel Coronavirus

Fact checking the Novel Coronavirus

- March 12, 2020

DPI, Guyana, Thursday, March 12, 2020 Since the announcement of the novel coronavirus (COVID 19), there has been a lot ... Read More

Simple measures to prevent COVID-19

Simple measures to prevent COVID-19

- March 12, 2020

DPI, Guyana, Thursday, March 12, 2020 Since the Novel Coronavirus (COVD 19) has been deemed a global pandemic, countries who ... Read More

Public Health Ministry mobilised to deal with COVID-19

Public Health Ministry mobilised to deal with COVID-19

- March 12, 2020

DPI, Guyana, Thursday, March 12, 2020 Before the first case of imported Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) had been declared locally, the ... Read More

President Granger assures measures in place to prevent spread of COVID 19

President Granger assures measures in place to prevent spread of COVID 19

- March 11, 2020

─As Guyana records first imported case ─Public gatherings, non-essential travel being discouraged DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, March 11, 2020 His Excellency ... Read More

Statement by President David Granger on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Statement by President David Granger on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

- March 11, 2020

Guyanese, it is my sad duty to announce Guyana confirmed its first imported case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in ... Read More

MoPH emphasizes basic hygienic practices to prevent Coronavirus transmission

MoPH emphasizes basic hygienic practices to prevent Coronavirus transmission

- March 11, 2020

−As Novel coronavirus now classified a pandemic by WHO −Persons traveling from several countries being flagged −Tests for virus being ... Read More