GUYANA has seen an alarming increase in the number of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases over the past few days, and it was no different over the past 24 hours, as the country recorded 19 new cases within that time. Those cases were found following 143 tests, which were done between Sunday and Monday. Health authorities here have so far tested 4,416 persons, with 4,027 proving negative and 389 positive. According to Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Shamdeo Persaud, 181 of those tested positive have since recovered, though, unfortunately, 20 did not make it. And while there are yet 188 active…
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The spread of the novel coronavirus does not appear to be impacted by seasonality, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, warning against false beliefs that summer is safer. “Season does not seem to be affecting the transmission of this virus,” WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told reporters in a virtual briefing. She pointed out that some of the hardest-hit countries are currently in the midst of different season. While it is summer in the United States, which with nearly 148,000 deaths and close to 4.3 million cases is the hardest-hit country, the second most affected country Brazil, which counts…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The feud between conservatives and social media companies over alleged censorship escalated Tuesday after President Donald Trump and his son shared a fresh dose of misinformation about a disproven drug for treating the coronavirus in videos that were quickly taken down by Twitter and Facebook. The president, in a marked shift from the more measured approach he’s taken toward the virus in recent days, also used his tweets to amplify criticism of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert.ADVERTISEMENTnull Tuesday’s feud focused mostly on hydroxychloroquine, a drug long approved to treat malaria that Trump has…
The head of Germany’s disease control agency has blamed negligence for a worrying rise in cases in the country, while the World Health Organization has counselled against treating Covid-19 as a seasonal phenomenon or talking about waves of the virus. The warnings came as Madrid’s regional government imposed new restrictions to halt the spread of the virus in and around the Spanish capital, and the German foreign ministry advised people not to travel to the hard-hit Spanish regions of Aragon, Catalonia and Navarre.. On Tuesday, Lothar Wieler, the head of Germany’s disease-prevention agency the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), said the surge…
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Florida’s coronavirus death toll surpassed 6,000 Tuesday as the disease claimed another 186 lives in its relentless march through the southeast US state, health officials said. The so-called Sunshine State is now second only to California in total number of COVID-19 cases with 441,997, an increase of 9,230 from the day before. The latest cases put it ahead of New York, an early epicentre of the global pandemic which has wreaked havoc in the United States. Tuesday’s death toll was Florida’s highest for a single day, although not all fatalities necessarily occurred between Monday and…
MIAMI, Florida (AP) — Forecasters have issued a tropical storm warning for Puerto Rico and other parts of the Caribbean as officials expect a disturbance in the Atlantic to soon strengthen into a tropical storm. The US National Hurricane Center in Miami said Tuesday morning that warnings have been issued for Puerto Rico, the British and US Virgin Islands and numerous other islands including Antigua, Barbuda, Martinique and Montserrat. If it becomes a tropical storm, it would be named Isaias. A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within 36 hours. On…
A FLASH-FLOOD WATCH is in effect FOR St. Vincent and the Grenadines Issued: 6:00 pm Tuesday, 28th July, 200 The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Meteorological Services continues to monitor the progress of an area of disturbed weather near 14.4°N, 55.9°W or approximately 360 miles east north east of St Vincent & the Grenadines. Although the centre of this disturbance is forecast to move over the Northern Leeward Islands, instability associated with this system is expected to produce winds of approximately 16 to 28 mp/h (25 to 45km/h) with higher gusts and pockets of moderate to heavy showers, periods of…
The Ministry of Education is currently engaged in the process of reviewing the preliminary results of the 2020 Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) Examinations with assistance from the Caribbean Examinations Council. The established policy guideline relating to these examinations provides an opportunity for students to query their grades. Investigations into reported discrepancies have revealed that the errors discovered relates to the internal component of the assessment that is locally generated. The Caribbean Examination Council is in no way responsible for the identified discrepancies. The Ministry of Education will continue to work in the interest of all stakeholders and regrets any…
Sixteen people who defied COVID-19 regulations were reportedly arrested at a bar in Villa this morning. According to reports, Curte Audain, David Barnes, Roderick Wilson, Emanuel Beltrie, Gabriella Howard, Kenroy Wood, Curtis Ryan, Ricardo Lake, Ladanielle Hodge and Nassor Hodge pleaded guilty to failure to wear a mask, failure to comply with restriction of social gathering and failure to comply with the 11pm to 5am curfew. All of the defendants, except Nassar Hodge, were reportedly fined $3000 for the offences. Hodge was fined $3500 since he left work at 11pm and journeyed to the bar after the curfew had already…
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — The final round of CONCACAF’s qualifying tournament for the 2022 World Cup is to be expanded from six to eight teams, the governing body for football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean confirmed on Monday. CONCACAF said in a statement that five teams — Mexico, United States, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Honduras — would automatically start in the final eight-team round robin league where 3.5 berths for the 2022 finals in Qatar will be up for grabs. Those five teams will be joined by three teams who emerge from two rounds of preliminary…