In less than a week, 121 more doctors will be deployed to bolster the numbers of front-line workers assisting with the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Jamaica. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, gave this update during a digital press conference held on Thursday (August 27). “We are well advanced with the employment and deployment...

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, is reassuring the country’s healthcare workers that the Ministry of Health and Wellness is making every effort to ensure that they have adequate personal protective equipment (PPE). Speaking at the weekly virtual COVID Conversations press briefing on Thursday (August 27) in Kingston, the CMO expressed empathy with the healthcare workers, who are feeling...

The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is reporting that the staff and polling station material are in place for Election Day Workers and members of the police and military forces to cast their vote on Monday, August 31 from 8:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. Preparations have been made to accommodate voting for the 46,777 special services electors ahead of the September 3...

In response to the upsurge in COVID -19 cases, health innovation company NovaMed has donated some 25,000 3-ply surgical-grade face masks to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, for distribution to frontline public healthcare workers. The donation was received by Executive Director of The Health for Life and Wellness Foundation, Courtney Cephas, on behalf of Minister of Health and Wellness,...

The Judiciary of Jamaica wishes to advise the public that the Western Regional Registry of the Supreme Court will be closed on Friday, August 28, 2020. The closure is to facilitate deep cleaning of the building, which the Registry shares with other tenants, as a result of exposure to COVID-19. The exposure did not occur inside the Registry; however, as...

As at Thursday (August 27), Jamaica recorded 66 new confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the total number of confirmed positives to 1,870. Thirty-five of the 66 newly confirmed cases are females and 31 are males, with ages ranging from seven years to 88 years. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, gave this update during the weekly...

The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has recruited 7,400 sanitisation officers dedicated to keeping the 2,200 polling station locations sanitised. This was disclosed by Director of Elections, Glasspole Brown, today (August 27), on the JIS ‘Studio 58A’ Programme. “We are going to insist that all who come to the polling station have on a mask, temperature will be taken, their...