Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced that the community of Cornpiece Settlement in Clarendon will remain under quarantine for another 14 days. This is being done as part of the Government’s measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Jamaica. The community was quarantined following the first reported death as a result of COVID-19 – a...

The categories of persons exempted under the nightly islandwide curfews, now underway as part of measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Jamaica, have been expanded. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who made the announcement during a digital press conference at Jamaica House on Friday (April 3), said the additional persons include members of the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that no gas station should remain open beyond 8:00 p.m. in keeping with the nightly island-wide curfew currently in place. “We are now going to specifically prohibit the opening of gas stations starting tonight at 8:00 pm,” he said, during a digital press conference at Jamaica House on Friday (April 3). The...

The Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) has issued bulletins to domestic vessel operators, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), the marine police and other relevant stakeholders regarding the operation of small vessels. Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Rear Admiral Peter Brady, told JIS News that the bulletins provide guidance on maintaining safety onboard the vessels and observing...

St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, on Thursday (April 2), received a donation of items from the Jamaica Guangdong Association community valued at approximately $1.5 million, to help in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The donation, which includes rice, flour, tin products, masks, gloves, sanitiser, disinfecting wipes, alcohol, and disinfectant, will benefit the most vulnerable in the parish, particularly the...

The Chinese community in Jamaica has donated some $4.5 million in supplies to the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), to help in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The handover took place at the Beauty Queen Plaza, Fairview in Montego Bay, St James, on Friday (April 3).   Included in the items are N95 masks, gloves, sanitisers, toilet paper, hand...

Jamaica now has fifty-five (55) confirmed cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The new additions are: A 74-year-old female from Manchester, who is the contact of a confirmed case; and A 63-year-old female from Portland, who is under investigation. They bring to twenty-eight (28) the number of imported cases and to twenty-two (22) the number of import-related cases. Five...