The Government yesterday (April 8) received 29 ventilators valued at approximately €1 million from the European Union (EU), to support patients who need intensive care in hospitals and to treat patients infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19). They will be distributed to hospitals across the island. Of the total, six are small mobile ventilators. The units were handed over to Minister...

The Government has adjusted the curfew Order for Jamaica, in the effort to reduce the transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The adjusted hours of the curfew are – From 8:00 p.m. tonight (Wednesday, April 8) to 6:00 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday, April 9); from 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 9 to 7:00 a.m. on Friday, April 10; from Friday, April 10...

Companies and individuals who wish to make donations to beneficiaries of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) can do so by contacting the entity’s locations across the island. About 500 adolescent and expectant mothers have been affected by the closure of the centres due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange,...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Government anticipates an increase in confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19). “We anticipate that there is going to be a surge. The extent of that surge is a function of how we manage what information we have and can discern and the process of containment and treatment,” Dr....

The Minister of Health and Wellness will be donating 100,000 N95 masks to private practitioners to support their work in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure on Tuesday (April 7), during a digital press conference at the Ministry’s office in New Kingston. The N95 masks are designed to filter out...

The Government has secured a buyer for half of the excess amount of Irish potato produced by small farmers. Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, said the purchase of 400,000 pounds of Irish potatoes by the Clarendon-based Dencon Foods Limited is significant, as the farmers are unable to sell more than...

Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie, says some Jamaicans who test positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will be isolated at home, noting that this is already the case. “In terms of making the assessment of those persons who can be isolated at home, we would have to look at their home...