Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says Jamaicans will have easier access to coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, over time, as the Government moves to take these into communities. Speaking during a digital vaccine town hall hosted by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Thursday (August 12), Dr. Tufton said the Ministry is aware that there...

The Ministry of Health & Wellness and the Port Authority of Jamaica have been working jointly on protocols that will allow for the safe resumption of cruise operations to the island, said Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. “We are expecting to have cruise shipping return to Jamaica very soon with strict protocols that will enable persons, who have...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Hon. Christopher Tufton has expressed condolences on behalf of the team at the Ministry to the family and friends of nurse, Annette White-Best, who died of complications from the coronavirus. Ms. White-Best, who was 40 years-old, was assigned to the Percy Junor Hospital in Clarendon. “We mourn with her family members and friends, with...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says Jamaica is to receive its first shipment of 200,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday (August 17), with children and adolescents to be given priority access. This represents the first tranche of approximately 600,000 doses and will further bolster the Government’s coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination programme. Making the announcement during...

Five additional National Health Fund (NHF) Drug Serv pharmacies across the island have been certified to the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) Standard by the National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ). These locations are the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston; Spanish Town Hospital, St. Catherine; May Pen Hospital, Clarendon; St. Ann’s Bay Hospital, St. Ann and the St. James...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett has revealed that since its reopening in June 2020, the tourism sector has been driving the economic recovery of Jamaica’s economy, through a steady increase in arrivals and tourism earnings. Minister Bartlett expressed that “preliminary figures indicate that since the reopening of the tourism sector on June 15, 2020, Jamaica has recorded a total of...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Government is prepared to take action where persons continue to build in unsafe zones or without the required approvals from the municipal authorities. He noted that the State has a duty to act within the ambit of the law to ensure safety in the built environment. “Once a...