The Government is reviewing the pretesting approach that is now in effect, primarily for visitors coming out of North America. Currently, for the Non Residents Online Application on the travelauth.visitjamaica.com website, to apply for entry, a COVID-19 PCR test result is required for residents of the United States, Brazil, Dominican Republic and Mexico who are 12 years of age and...

New Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says she is ready to continue the transformational initiatives in the Ministry for the benefit of all Jamaicans. Minister Williams was sworn in by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, at King’s House on Sunday (September 13). After taking the Oath of Office, she told JIS News...

Newly appointed State Minister in the Ministry of Health & Wellness, Mrs. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn, has been assigned several areas in the Ministry, including: Maternal Health, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevention, Reduction of Drug Abuse, Blood Bank and the Wellness Agenda. Minister of Health & Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, provided details during the weekly COVID Conversation Digital Press...

Antigen testing, which is a faster, simpler and more cost effective method of testing for the coronavirus (COVID-19) will be introduced in Jamaica. This was announced by Acting Head of the National Public Health Laboratory, Dr. Michelle Hamilton, who informed that an initial 80,000 testing kits will be arriving in Jamaica in approximately four weeks. She noted that the antigen...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, will be providing creative videos to keep students engaged during the online learning process. Speaking at a virtual meeting of the Rotary Club of Kingston, held today (September 17), Education Officer, Core Curriculum, in the Ministry, Cecille Young, said this is a matter of concern for the Ministry. “We are concerned about student...

Chairperson of the Jamaica Deposit Insurance Corporation (JDIC), Myrtle Halsall, says that all JDIC-insured financial institutions remain solvent and adequately capitalised, despite the economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “The JDIC continues its collaboration with the regulatory authorities to proactively monitor the system and work purposefully to ensure that it stands ready to respond to any impact on member...

Regional Vector Control Officer, Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Ryan Morris, is urging continued vigilance by residents in searching for and destroying mosquito-breeding sites, in light of the increased rainfall affecting western parishes. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, he noted that the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits dengue fever, chikungunya and Zika, primarily breeds in clean water, which...