There are now 463 confirmed Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) cases in Jamaica, with the addition of 31 new positives in the last 24 hours. Of the 31 new cases, there are 11 males and 20 females, with ages ranging from eight (8) years to 72 years. Of the 31 cases, seven (7) are employees of the workplace cluster in St. Catherine,...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, has confirmed that one of the 46 deportees who recently returned has tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). The deportees arrived in the island last Tuesday (April 21), from the United States of America. Dr. Tufton, when asked about the health status of the deportees during a virtual press conference...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness will be complying, in full, with the team from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and will be providing all documents related to the death of Jodian Fearon. The JCF has launched an official criminal investigation into the matter. Ms. Fearon died at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) hours after delivering her...

Food packages worth $10 million will be distributed to communities across Jamaica by J. Wray and Nephew Limited as a response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This will be done at central points in the various communities, and the needy and vulnerable, especially in remote areas throughout the country, will be targeted. Commercial Director for Jamaica and the Caribbean at...

Jamaica now has 288 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), with the addition of 31 new cases over the last 24 hours. The 31 additions come in the wake of the island having boosted its testing capacity, with the commissioning of the new COBAS machine at the National Public Health Laboratory in Kingston. It complements the testing being...

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has been closely monitoring the current impact of the novel COVID-19 virus pandemic on the global and domestic financial system. Notwithstanding the current effects of the pandemic on normal business activities, BOJ would like to indicate that the fundamentals of the Jamaican financial system continue to be strong with licensee’s capital and liquidity exceeding current regulatory...

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councilor Homer Davis, says the St. James Municipal Corporation is exploring ways to stem the proliferation of handcarts at the Charles Gordon Market in the parish. He noted that the use of handcarts is part of the reason vendors sell outside of the designated areas, which contributes to congestion and flouting of the social distancing rules....