LONDON, (Reuters) – Doctors and health workers criticised the British government today for suggesting that personal protective equipment (PPE) worn while treating patients infected with coronavirus could be re-used, as supplies run low across the country.
(Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said today that a recent drop in hospitalizations and other improving metrics indicated the state may be past the peak of its coronavirus crisis and on a path toward stabilizing the healthcare system.
(Jamaica Star) Richard Cox thought he was taking three of his children to experience pure fun in Gayle, St Mary, on Wednesday morning.
(Jamaica Star) The National Environment Planning Agency (NEPA), has condemned the actions of persons shown in recent videos circulating on social media, taunting crocodiles with dogs, at the Greater Portmore Sewage Ponds in St.
(Trinidad Express) Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said a hacker used his Facebook account to advise someone to mute their television when journalists ask questions at the news conferences.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police were forced to disperse a large crowd of people gathered at the Barakah Grounds in Chaguanas yesterday, to get hampers distributed by a team under the guidance of well-known media owner Inshan Ishmael.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police have detained a man for the shooting death of a Assistant Superintendent of Police in Chaguanas yesterday.
The long-awaited recount of votes from the March 2 general elections will be conducted using no more than 10 workstations, according to the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired judge Claudette Singh, but it remains unclear when the process will begin and how long it will last.
Vanessa Benjamin, the 21-year-old Ithaca Village, West Bank Berbice woman who was killed on Thursday afternoon, was stabbed over 15 times, her family said yesterday.
Food security in Indigenous villages has become a growing concern for residents as travel restrictions to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the increased cost of flights have negatively impacted the delivery of basic necessities to the usually remote communities.
Following an official filing by United States lobbying firm JJ&B LLC, which says it was hired by government to change the narrative surrounding the March 2 elections, the Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP) yesterday stated that neither the Government of Guyana nor President David Granger had hired it.
The second largest daily increase in positive novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases here was recorded yesterday even as Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) representative Dr William Adu-Krow said that the curve was slowly being flattened.
The police are on the hunt for a man who allegedly shot and killed a labourer on Wednesday night at Middle Mazaruni River.
The closure of all schools in Guyana has been extended until further notice, according to the National COVID-19 Task Force.
While warning that its independent modelling of the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) projects 19,500 cases by the end of the first week in May, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday said that a fully-empowered government needs to be in place to grapple with the health threat and that this would only be possible with a quick end to the elections crisis through a recount of votes.
A group of Lodge residents, formally known as the Lodge Housing Scheme Beautification Group, yesterday distributed 25 large hampers to vulnerable members of the community in their effort to ease the impact resulting from the shutdown due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – The U.S. economy has imploded in the past month amid aggressive measures to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, with 22 million people filing for unemployment benefits and most factories, stores and other businesses at a virtual standstill.
Noting that there is sometimes need for attorneys to be in contact with their clients even after regular working hours, the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) has written to the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) requesting that attorneys be classified as essential workers.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday called for the reopening of the country’s borders, as he pushes to restart South America’s largest economy, but conceded he may be blamed if the new coronavirus outbreak worsens as a result.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada will invest C$2.5 billion ($1.8 billion) in measures to help the hard-hit oil and gas industry during the coronavirus outbreak, which has killed 1,250 people in the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said yesterday.
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