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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the weekly virtual COVID Conversations press briefing on Thursday (September 9).

Ministry Suspends First Doses Of Pfizer Vaccine Until New Shipment Arrives

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the first-dose administration of the Pfizer coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine will be suspended after Friday (September 10). The suspension is to ensure that there is sufficient supply to administer the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), speaking during a visit at the vaccination site located at Holy Family Infant and Primary School in Kingston on Wednesday (September 8). He is flanked by Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left) and Member of Parliament, Central Kingston, Donovan Williams.

Unvaccinated Experiencing Severe illnesses from COVID – 19 -PM

Chief Public Health Inspector for St. Elizabeth, Everod Lewis.

Vaccination Drive In St. Elizabeth Saturday

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.

Investment Needed In Primary Healthcare

Legal Officer with the Legal Aid Council, Kerona Spence.

Public Urged To Access Services Of Legal Aid Council

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green.

5 years ago Agriculture

Agriculture Ministry To Revive African Swine Fever Education Campaign

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will be reviving its campaign aimed at educating livestock farmers about the African swine fever (ASF). The highly contagious and deadly viral disease affects both domestic and feral or wild swine of all ages. ASF is not a threat to human health and cannot be transmitted from pigs to humans. There is no treatment...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams

5 years ago CoronavirusEducation

40,000 Students Have Received First Dose Of Pfizer Vaccine

More than 40,000 students have, so far, received their first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, who said that the vaccine take-up by students is “going very well”. Speaking with JIS News during a recent interview, Ms. Williams said she is optimistic that “we are going...

Deputy Director-General of STATIN, Leesha Delatie-Budair, says the National Population and Housing Census is not related to the National Identification System (NIDS).

5 years ago 2022 Census

National Census Not Related To NIDS

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is informing citizens that the National Population and Housing Census is not related to the National Identification System (NIDS). “The National Population and Housing Census and NIDS are two completely independent projects. The Population and Housing Census is conducted every 10 years [since 1844] and is an important source of statistics for the Government,”...

Minister of State for the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn, (second right), observing Nurse Shannon Bowden (right), as she administers the vaccine to a Red Stripe employee (centre). Red Stripe’s Managing Director, Luis Prata, cheered his employee, as she received her dose. The vaccination was administered at the company’s brewery on Spanish Town Road in Kingston today (September 8).

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Positive Response To Private Sector Vaccine Initiative

More than 500 persons registered to receive the AstraZeneca or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Red Stripe and Partners Private Sector Vaccine Initiative (PSVJ) vaccination drive on Wednesday (September 8). The vaccination drive was held at the Red Stripe brewery on Spanish Town Road in Kingston and targeted employees from companies along the Spanish Town Road industrial belt and their...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), addresses parents and children during a tour of the vaccination site at the Montego Bay Comprehensive Health Centre (Type V Clinic), in St. James, on Wednesday, September 8. He was visiting vaccination sites and engaging in community sensitisation sessions in the parish.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Parents Should Not Be Worried For Children Taking Vaccine – Dr. Tufton

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says parents whose children are 12 years and older should not be apprehensive about taking them to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. “The advice [for parents] continues to be that the vaccine used for children 12 years and over remains safe – the Pfizer vaccine,” Dr. Tufton said, during a tour...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, leads a vaccination motorcade in Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay, St. James, on Wednesday, September 8. He also visited vaccination sites and engaged in community sensitisation sessions throughout the parish.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Health Ministry Keeps Close Watch On New Variant Of COVID-19

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Ministry is keeping close tabs on the new Mu variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) that has now emerged in the Caribbean. This latest strain of COVID-19 was reported to be detected in St. Vincent and is deemed to be more transmittable. In light of this, Dr. Tufton told...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), addresses journalists at a vaccination site located at Holy Family Primary and Infant School in Kingston, on Wednesday (September 8). With the Prime Minister (from left) are Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie and Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Donovan Williams.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Vaccine ‘Ambassadors’ To Be Deployed In All Constituencies

In the push to get more Jamaicans vaccinated, the first set of 40 vaccine ‘ambassadors’ has been mobilised in St. Andrew North East, to encourage and facilitate the vaccination of members in their communities. Under the initiative, all Members of Parliament will recruit vaccine ambassadors to encourage constituents to take the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew...