Guyana News

The 11-year-old child who tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and died on Friday afternoon at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) will not be classified as a COVID-19 fatality, an official of the Ministry of Health (MoH) has said.

Following the confirmation of multiple cases of COVID-19 in St Cuthbert’s Mission, travel restrictions were imposed on the community to help curb the spread of the disease.

The Doobay Dialysis Centre is seeking donations to cover the cost of lifesaving dialysis treatments for some chronic kidney disease patients.

Merundoi Inc Director Margaret Lawrence, who recently won GTT’s ‘Pinktober TikTok challenge,’ has donated her $20,000 cash prize to a cancer patient for treatment.

The police are investigating the death of a 49-year-old man, whose lifeless body was found on a tomb in the Anna Catherina Cemetery yesterday afternoon.

A 19-year-old motorcyclist is currently hospitalised after he was injured in a three-vehicle accident that occurred on Tuesday afternoon at Bartica.

The Ministry of Home Affairs in collaboration with the Guyana Police Force and the National Road Safety Council, on Friday launched a “Road Safety Education Enforcement Awareness Campaign” across seven regions across the country.

The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed that 27 more COVID-19 cases were recorded from the latest results of testing, bringing the total number of cases in Guyana to 4,484 since the first case was confirmed here.

Following a meeting with vendors at the Corriverton Market on Friday, Region Six Police Commander Jairam Ramlakhan has agreed to assign ranks to conduct daily patrols there.

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon yesterday congratulated United States President-elect Joseph Biden on his victory at the November 3rd general elections.

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon today congratulated President-elect Joseph Biden on his victory at the November 3rd general elections.

APNU+AFC MP  David Patterson has filed a lawsuit against the Attorney General and Minister of Finance seeking a declaration that the consideration and approval of budget proposals of constitutional agencies by the National Assembly on September 1st was in breach of Section 80 B(2) of the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act (FMAA).

Records released by Parliament Office yesterday showed that Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond was still a dual citizen at time she took the oath of office as a Member of Parliament (MP) on September 1st, prompting a renewed call from the main opposition for her resignation.

An 11-year-old child who tested positive for COVID-19 died yesterday. Stabroek News was reliably informed that the child died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) where she was being treated for another illness.

Guyana’s COVID-19 fatalities officially rose to 134 on Friday as three new deaths were confirmed on Friday.

Toshao Learmond Emmanuel is worried that the indigenous community of Waramuri will become the next COVID-19 hotspot in Region One after three persons who were infected with the virus died days apart from each other.

The Health Ministry expects to have antigen tests for COVID-19 in Guyana within the next three weeks and later have them deployed to hinterland communities.

GPL yesterday took possession of five generators from Finland which will boost its capacity by 46.5 Megawatt (MW) but the generation plant at Garden of Eden will not be commissioned until April next year.

With this week marking the first 100 days of the new PPP/C government, Vice President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said the new administration was hamstrung from hitting the ground running due to the absence of a budget.

Former policeman Shawn Neblett, who is accused of conspiring to export cocaine to the United States, has been extradited.