Beginning Monday, April 26, 2021, vaccinations will be done for all phase-one persons by appointment only. Phase-one persons include those 60 years and older, healthcare workers, members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Jamaica Fire Brigade, the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) and Jamaica Customs. Persons in the priority list are encouraged to use the...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is encouraging all Jamaicans to commemorate Earth Day 2021 with environmentally conscious practices. Earth Day is being observed today (April 22), under the theme ‘Restore our Earth’. The theme supports the utilisation of natural processes, green technology and innovative thinking to restore ecosystems as opposed to solely...

The second episode in the National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ) virtual Global Conversation series will take place on Friday, April 23 at 12 noon. The implications for national self-definition as diasporas grow will be among the topics to be discussed. The event will be held under the theme ‘The Post-Colonial Museum, Global Art and National Self-Definition’. Persons wishing to participate...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says 40,000 Jamaicans are to receive their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in May. Speaking in the House of Representatives on April 21, the Minister said persons who are to receive the second dose of the vaccine will be contacted by telephone or sent a reminder by text message....

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, has emphasised that Jamaica is still in the community transmission phase of the coronavirus (COVID-19), so persons who received the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine must continue to protect themselves against the virus. Speaking at a recent virtual COVID Conversations press briefing, the CMO pointed out that this is necessary, as “many...

The Clarendon Health Services (CHS) in Clarendon has benefitted from more than $4 million in donation, from Custos Rotulorum of Clarendon, Hon. William ‘Billy’ Shagoury, to support the fight against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Recently, the Custos donated to the CHS, the May Pen Hospital and May Pen Health Centre in Clarendon 32,000 surgical and N95 masks, two tables,...

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 165 44,502 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 82 24,890 Males 83 19,609 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 9 days to 94 years 1 day to 108 years         PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 5 2,440 Hanover 2 1,203 Kingston & St. Andrew 53 12,726 Manchester 9...