NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL   Confirmed Cases 243 20,016   SEX CLASSIFICATION       Males 110 8,873   Females 129 11,131   Under Investigation 4 12   AGE RANGE 38 days to 94 years 1 day to 104 years           PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES       Clarendon 21 1,153   Hanover 6...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, is saddened and in shock at the killing of athletics coach Nicholas Neufville and 19 year old Raheima Edwards. “Word cannot express how I feel at this moment,” said Minister Grange after learning that the bodies of the coach and the young woman were discovered in Portmore, St...

A new state-of-the-art elevator was officially commissioned into service at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in downtown Kingston on Tuesday (February 16). The project was undertaken by the National Health Fund (NHF) as part of a $143-million initiative to instal eight elevators in hospitals across the South Eastern Regional Health Authority (SERHA). With the installation, the hospital now has two...

The State Opening of Parliament for Fiscal Year 2021/22 will take place on Thursday, February 18 at Gordon House, beginning at 11:00 a.m. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Patrick Allen, will deliver the Throne Speech, in which he will outline the Government’s priorities for the new fiscal year, which begins on April 1. The 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure will...

Jamaicans are encouraged to become familiar with and to utilise a host of estate planning tools to improve the process of estate administration after death. In addition to making a will, persons can employ other strategies that will direct how assets are distributed. Deputy Administrator General at the Administrator General’s Department (AGD), Stacie Ann Carty, speaking at a JIS ‘Think...

A group of researchers is recommending the reclassification of the causes of pregnancy-related deaths, regardless of whether the complication was obstetric or medical. This is intended to help identify the human and other resources needed to end preventable maternal deaths, as women delay childbearing and present in pregnancy with pre-existing medical conditions, some undiagnosed. A study, entitled ‘New Maternal Mortality...

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) and the World Health Organization (WHO), as co-leads of the COVAX initiative for equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines, alongside key delivery partner UNICEF, are pleased to welcome the news that two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine have been given WHO Emergency Use Listing (EUL). Yesterday’s announcement...