Tag: COVID-19

Health ministry begins mobile COVID-19 vaccination programme

Health ministry begins mobile COVID-19 vaccination programme

- September 6, 2022

-persons living with disabilities among those eligible The Ministry of Health has commenced home visits around Region Four to administer ... Read More

Major improvements at Infectious Diseases Hospital – Dr Anthony

Major improvements at Infectious Diseases Hospital – Dr Anthony

- September 1, 2022

Two years after the Ministry of Health admitted its first patient to the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal, Health Minister, ... Read More

80 per cent recovery rate at Infectious Diseases Hospital

80 per cent recovery rate at Infectious Diseases Hospital

- September 1, 2022

The Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal is seeing an 80 per cent recovery rate of patients infected with COVID-19. This ... Read More

Persons with flu-like symptoms should get tested for COVID-19

Persons with flu-like symptoms should get tested for COVID-19

- July 29, 2022

Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony is encouraging citizens experiencing flu-like symptoms to get tested for COVID-19. Minister of Health, Dr. ... Read More

Gov’t begins installation of oxygen plant at Infectious Diseases hospital

Gov’t begins installation of oxygen plant at Infectious Diseases hospital

- July 26, 2022

-COVID monitoring activities continue countrywide The new oxygen plant is now being installed at the Ocean View Infectious Diseases Hospital, ... Read More

Second dose Pfizer vaccine to soon be administered to children 5-11 years

Second dose Pfizer vaccine to soon be administered to children 5-11 years

- July 5, 2022

The Ministry of Health will soon be administering the second dose of the Pfizer – BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to children ... Read More

Updating COVID-19 vaccines necessary for strengthened immunity – Health Minister  

Updating COVID-19 vaccines necessary for strengthened immunity – Health Minister  

- June 28, 2022

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, M.P., during Tuesday’s COVID-19 update explained the importance of updating COVID-19 vaccines to target ... Read More

Health Ministry to procure COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months to 4 years old

Health Ministry to procure COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months to 4 years old

- June 27, 2022

The United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently given emergency use authorisation for the immunisation of children six ... Read More

Over 1,300, 5-11 years-old receive first dose COVID vaccine

Over 1,300, 5-11 years-old receive first dose COVID vaccine

- June 20, 2022

Some 1,302 children between the ages of five to eleven took the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, since ... Read More

School children not required to be vaccinated to receive ‘Because We Care’ cash grant – VP

School children not required to be vaccinated to receive ‘Because We Care’ cash grant – VP

- June 19, 2022

Vice President, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has made it clear that there is no vaccine requirement for children to benefit from ... Read More