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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

Only high-risk persons eligible for monkeypox vaccine

Only high-risk persons eligible for monkeypox vaccine

- August 25, 2022

Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony, today said, only persons considered to be high-risk would be eligible for the monkeypox vaccine. ... Read More

Govt mulls offering second dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Govt mulls offering second dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine

- December 20, 2021

The Ministry of Health is considering offering a second shot of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) made vaccine. This was ... Read More

Health Ministry guided by research in COVID-19 booster shots

Health Ministry guided by research in COVID-19 booster shots

- November 24, 2021

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony MP, said several studies were used to guide the decision to begin the administration ... Read More

Health Minister refutes opposition’s claims of being excluded from COVID-19 Task Force

Health Minister refutes opposition’s claims of being excluded from COVID-19 Task Force

- October 20, 2021

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, MP, has dismissed claims by members of the opposition, that they have been excluded ... Read More

Over 73 per cent of Region Nine adolescents receive COVID-19 vaccine first dose

Over 73 per cent of Region Nine adolescents receive COVID-19 vaccine first dose

- September 16, 2021

Approximately 73.6 per cent of adolescents in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region Nine) have received the first dose of the ... Read More

Students encourage peers to get vaccinated against COVID-19

Students encourage peers to get vaccinated against COVID-19

- August 31, 2021

Students of the Bladen Hall Multilateral School and surrounding areas on Tuesday welcomed the Ministries of Health and Education massive ... Read More

Administration of second doses Sputnik V continues tomorrow

Administration of second doses Sputnik V continues tomorrow

- July 26, 2021

The Ministry of Health will continue the administration of the second doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine from tomorrow. ... Read More

More than 2,700 persons vaccinated against Covid at drive-through events

More than 2,700 persons vaccinated against Covid at drive-through events

- June 14, 2021

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony says some 2,700 persons were immunised at the weekend, during the Ministry’s COVID-19 ... Read More

More than 50 per cent of Region Six vaccinated against COVID-19

More than 50 per cent of Region Six vaccinated against COVID-19

- June 9, 2021

More than half of the adult population in the East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six) has received the first dose of a ... Read More