Miner, 32, is 25th COVID-19 death

Aug 19, 2020 News

A 32-year-old miner has been recorded as Guyana‘s 25th COVID-19 related death. The Ministry of Health, in a media release yesterday, stated that the patient was a resident of Region One but at the time of his hospitalisation was working in a mining community in the Cuyuni River, Region Seven.
He was rushed to the Bartica hospital with suspicions of malaria but was later swabbed because of his previous contact with other possible COVID-19 cases at his work site. According to the statement, the Health Ministry has been in contact with all relatives and other contacts to facilitate contact-tracing and rapid assistance to everyone who may have been exposed.
At the interim, the Health Ministry is asking that patient’s confidentiality be respected and the families be allowed to mourn in peace. This is the third coronavirus-related death recorded in the past three days.
According to the information released, the death at Bartica follows two other persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

The patients who died in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the GPHC were both males, ages 93 and 87 years old. Up until their passing, the two were receiving expert care for their difficult complications associated with COVID-19.
At the interim, the ministry urged members of the public to observe the COVID-19 emergency measures number eight published in the Official Gazette on 14 August. 2020, which emphasises the need to practice physical distancing at least 6ft apart, use a facemask correctly and consistently when leaving their homes and practice good hand washing hygiene to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Persons with symptoms of COVID-19 are asked to call the COVID-19 hotline numbers 231-1166, 226-7480 or 180/181 for assistance.