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Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield today proposed 156 days for the recounting of ballots from the disputed March 2nd elections.

(Reuters) – Novavax Inc said today it had identified a novel coronavirus vaccine candidate and would start human trials in mid-May.

Veteran trade unionist and long-time PPP executive Komal Chand died early this morning in Cuba where he had gone for treatment, General Secretary of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) Seepaul Narine confirmed.

STOCKHOLM,  (Reuters) – Sweden’s Foreign Minister Ann Linde today hit back at U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was “clinically stable” in intensive care today and responding to treatment for COVID-19 complications, amid questions about how key coronavirus crisis decisions would be made in his absence.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago’s main business chambers are calling on the Government to help them save jobs by implementing a tax credit on salaries for companies that do not make any profit over the next three months.

Two more cases of the coronavirus were this afternoon announced by Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today welcomed Sunday’s Court of Appeal decision clearing the way for a recount of votes from the March 2nd elections  and said that the US is prepared to work with GECOM to ensure a fair process.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – The total number of coronavirus cases in Iran has risen to more than 62,000 and the death toll is nearing 4,000, according to health ministry data announced on Tuesday, but a senior official suggested the true number of infections might be far higher.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Mainland China reported no coronavirus deaths for the first time since the pandemic began, and a drop in new cases, a day before the central city of Wuhan, where the virus emerged late in December, is set to lift its lockdown.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp today throttled back a multi-year investment spree in shale, LNG and deep water oil production and will cut planned capital spending by 30% this year as the coronavirus pandemic saps energy demand and oil prices.

Minister of Public Health  Volda Lawrence, this evening confirmed a fifth death in Guyana as a result of COVID-19.

Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence today announced that the number of COVID-19 cases here has risen to 31 and eight persons are in the Intensive Care Unit and one is in critical condition.

In light of the COVID-19 emergency measures effective April 3, 2020 – May 3, 2020, released by the Minister of Public Health, the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) will be closed from Thursday April 9, 2020.

Marcus Brian Bisram was committed to stand trial at the High Court this morning after Magistrate Renita Singh reopened the preliminary inquiry into the murder charge against him last Thursday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan retirees Carlos Blanco, 81, and Olga Rodriguez, 78, have for more than a year been unable to purchase the diabetes medication they need, as the country’s hyperinflation has left their monthly pensions insufficient to buy even a loaf of bread.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Mainland China reported 39 new coronavirus cases as of yesterday, up from 30 a day earlier, and the number of asymptomatic cases also surged as the government vowed tighter controls at land borders.

Five more cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed by the Ministry of Public Health, bringing the total to 29 cases.

The Guyana Court of Appeal today appears to have cleared the way for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to proceed with a recount of the March 2nd general elections.

One of Tobago’s three COVID-19 patients has died. This is according to a statement from the Division of Health, Wellness and Family Development.