Jamaica yesterday (April 8) received its third shipment of AstraZeneca vaccine to help in its fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). The shipment, totalling 75,000 doses, arrived at the Noman Manley International Airport, and came through the African Medical Supply Platform. The first shipment was donated by the Indian Government and the second shipment came through the COVAX Facility, organised by...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is advising Jamaicans not to take medication to mask flu-like symptoms in order to get the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Director of the Family Health Unit in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Melody Ennis, told JIS News that the vaccine will not be administered to persons who are showing signs of being unwell,...

 

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The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) is calling on parents, guardians and caregivers to discipline children positively and to do so with love. Reports coming out of the National Children’s Registry (NCR) showed a 22 per cent increase in child-abuse incidents over the December 2020 to January 2021 period. Senior Registration Officer at the CPFSA’s National Children’s Registry,...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness says the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine would have gone through a very stringent process, with layers of approval prior to being made available to the public. In an interview with JIS News, Director of the Family Health Unit at the Ministry, Dr. Melody Ennis, said that persons have expressed concern about the speed with which...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says the National Child Diversion Programme can play a key role in reducing youth reoffending in Jamaica. Child diversion involves measures to deal with child offenders, without resorting to formal judicial proceedings. So far, 305 children have been diverted from the criminal justice system through the work of the national programme. Addressing a recent JIS...