Laurel Sutherland

Merely 12 days after his 80-year-old wife reportedly died of pneumonia, Colonel John Percy Leon Lewis, popularly known as ‘Uncle John,’ passed away on Tuesday night after he began displaying severe symptoms of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Deryck Jaisingh, who died on Monday from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), made numerous attempts to contact the COVID-19 hotline to report the severity of his symptoms but never got any response until 11 days later, when his condition had significantly worsened.

Despite displaying a severe symptom of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and having been in direct contact with relatives of Jermaine Ifill, the man who died days after testing positive for COVID-19, Quincy Braithwaite says that health officials are refusing to test him because he has not displayed 90% of the manifestations of the disease.

Jermaine Ifill, who died on Tuesday from the COVID-19 virus,  got no response from the state hotline after reporting his symptoms and made several attempts to acquire a non-rebreather mask and an oxygen tank while in institutional isolation just prior to his death.

Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence yesterday announced that three additional cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been detected in Guyana, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Guyana to eight, including one death.

Some of the persons who returned from Barbados on Wednesday are fearful that the conditions inside the facility where they are being mandatorily quarantined, including the bathrooms and toilets, are unhygienic and could put them at risk of contracting the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Expressing alarm over the “cavalier” approach of some Guyanese to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the authorities have warned that a lockdown could be imposed to combat the spread of the deadly virus with this also being recommended by the top World Health Organization (WHO) official here.

Deputy Chairman of the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Paul Pierre is encouraging Indigenous leaders to restrict travel to and from their respective villages in order to prevent an outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in their communities.

With a fifth case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) having been confirmed in the country, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) is considering importing and using the Cuban anti-viral drug, Interferon Alfa-2B, as a possible treatment for the respiratory illness.

With one case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) having been confirmed in Guyana, more test kits are on the way even as the Ministry of Education (MoE) has ordered schools shut for two weeks from Monday as a precautionary measure.

The confirmation of at least one Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) case has sparked panic buying across Georgetown, leaving a number of businesses completely out of stock of some essential disinfectants and cleaning supplies since Wednesday.

Since Guyana began screening for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at the country’s main port of entry, the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Timehri, to date approximately 97 persons, who  travelled from places with confirmed cases of the disease, were asked to self-isolate after leaving the airport. 

Aside from the violent protests in Berbice and the East Coast Demerara on Friday, supporters of the PPP/C also demonstrated at other locations against what they claimed was the “rigging” of last Monday’s elections.

Following outreaches to the country’s hinterland regions, Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) leader Lenox Shuman has said he found that people are fearful of being victimised by either of the two major parties if they support him.

-PPP, APNU+AFC grilled on records in office Six of the political parties contesting the March 2nd general and regional elections last Wednesday sought to assure indigenous leaders that they would seek to protect their interests amidst concerns over  what was seen as the “encroachment” of protected areas on traditional lands.

A newly-commissioned water treatment plant at Uitvlugt will be benefitting almost 22,000 residents in 10 communities on the West Coast of Demerara.

Almost nine months after he was tasked with inquiring into the circumstances surrounding the 2018 pirate attacks off the coast of Suriname, Dr Rishee Thakur yesterday presented Minister of State Dawn Hastings-Williams with the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) report, which found that a turf war over fishing grounds was the motive.

Plaisance resident Rita Archer yesterday turned 100 years old—a milestone her family credits to her unwavering determination to serve god.

Initially, it began in late December, 2004, when torrential rains resulted in serious flooding along Guyana’s coastal region.

You could say that Davion Mars has been defying the odds from the very start of his life.