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Mayor of Bartica, Gifford Marshall confirmed yesterday that the mining town has recorded its first novel coronavirus (COVID-19) case.

(Barbados Nation) The Royal Barbados Police Force is seeking the assistance of the public in locating a 16-year-old boy.

The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) today approved the return of 300 Guyanese who are stranded overseas once they test negative for COVID-19.

The St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (SJMH)  has launched a brand new COVID-19 testing and treatment facility at the St.

Washington D.C., May 22, 2020 (PAHO)— The United Kingdom has agreed to contribute 3 million Pounds (USD $3.8 m) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help eight countries of the Caribbean – Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – contain the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and mitigate its impact.

The Department of Energy (DoE) yesterday notified  the Applicants who submitted Expressions of Interest on April 26, 2020, for the “Provision of Marketing Services for Guyana’s Oil Entitlement from the Lisa Destiny FPSO Vessel”, that the preparation of the Shortlist of Firms to be invited to submit full Technical and Financial Proposals will be completed by June 25, 2020.

 (Reuters) – The malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which U.S. President Donald Trump says he has been taking and has urged others to use, was tied to increased risk of death in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, according to a large study published in the medical journal Lancet.

 (Reuters) – A flotilla of five tankers carrying Iranian fuel for gasoline-starved Venezuela is approaching the Caribbean, with the first vessel expected to reach the South American country’s waters on Sunday, according to Refinitiv Eikon tracking data.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States today sought to further pressure on Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega by imposing another round of sanctions, this time targeting the country’s army chief and finance minister.

SANTIAGO/LIMA,  (Reuters) – Indigenous leaders are calling for help to stop oil companies drilling in the headwaters of the Amazon river in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, warning that encroaching on their homelands would destroy a bulwark against climate change.

KARACHI, Pakistan, (Reuters) – A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with 99 passengers and crew crashed into a residential area of the city of Karachi today, with many feared dead, officials said.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United States called on the World Health Organization (WHO) today to begin work immediately on investigating the source of the novel coronavirus, as well as its handling of the response to the pandemic.

Statement by GECOM Chair Claudette SinghI am perturbed by an article published online via websites and social media platforms as well as in the today’s edition of the Kaieteur News under the caption, “Justice Singh doesn’t think it’s GECOM’s role to probe claims of anomalies – Commissioner Sase Gunraj.”

The Carter Center today expressed disappointment at not being able to return and observe the recount of votes at Guyana’s March 2nd general elections.

BENGALURU/LONDON,  (Reuters) – The United States has secured almost a third of the first one billion doses planned for AstraZeneca’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine by pledging up to $1.2 billion, as world powers scramble for medicines to get their economies back to work.

TAIZ, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Jamil al-Saboot and his family were told by a Yemeni aid agency to self-isolate to stop the spread of coronavirus, he knew he would not heed the advice.

As result of the presence of Covid-19 in Guyana, the Presidential Guard Unit in conformity with the guidelines given by the Ministry of Public Health conducted random testing on ranks within the department. 

ExxonMobil Guyana President Rod Henson will be leaving Guyana in the coming months to take up a new post as Vice President, Wells, for ExxonMobil in Houston, with responsibility for all drilling activities around the world.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The World Health Organization expressed concern today about the rising number of new coronavirus cases in poor countries, even as many rich nations have begun emerging from lockdown.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – The city of Wuhan, the original epicentre of China’s coronavirus outbreak, conducted 856,128 tests for the disease on Tuesday, the local health authority said today, compared with 467,847 a day earlier.