Faced with the challenge of locating 112 workers from the Portmore branch of the call centre, Alorica Jamaica, Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is calling on workers who have not yet been contacted, to make themselves available for testing as the country seeks to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). In the past few...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reporting that the country’s unemployment rate remains at an impressive low of 7.3 per cent, based on the January 2020 Labour Force Survey. Director General, Carol Coy, says the out-turn is 0.7 per cent lower than the rate of eight per cent recorded in January 2019, and just 0.1 per cent above the...

Applications for Compassionate Grants under the CARE Programme will close at 5:01pm today, April 16. As at 2:00pm today, Thursday April 16, the CARE Programme received a total of 388,775 applications for the Compassionate Grant. An application that is accepted by the WeCARE online platform and that generates a reference number, indicates that the TRN associated with the application is...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that all Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) operators in St. Catherine have been closed effective yesterday, April 15, 2020. Prime Minister Holness explained in Parliament yesterday (April 15) that the closure is to facilitate an investigation into the management structure to identify the cause for the rapid COVID-19 spread. “The closure is necessary for us...

The St. Catherine Health Department is actively involved in contact tracing, following the situation that occurred at the call centre – Alorica in Portmore, St. Catherine – identified as the source of 52 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases that have been confirmed. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, gave an update during a virtual press conference at the...

Jamaica now has 143 confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, gave the update on Thursday (April 16), during a virtual press conference from his New Kingston offices. Dr. Tufton said that of the 143 cases, 18 were confirmed within the last 24 hours. Five are males and 13 are females ranging in...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says Jamaica is expanding sampling and testing for COVID-19. He informed that as part of those expanded testing efforts, the Ministry will, beginning this Friday (April 17), commence mobile testing for COVID-19 in two health regions – Southeast Regional Health Authority (SERHA) and the Northeast Regional Health Authority (NERHA). “We...