The Ministry of Health and Wellness takes note of the article in the Sunday Gleaner dated July 12, 2020 with the title “No work for doctors amid public health crisis - Hospitals reportedly not employing medical professionals due to budgetary constraints caused by COVID-19”. The Ministry, in the first instance, wishes to advise that there is no fiscal restriction in...

Five more COVID-19 patients have recovered and have been released from care as at Sunday (July 12). Recoveries now stand at 620 (81.8% Recovery Rate). At the same time, no new cases of COVID-19 were recorded today. The island’s cumulative case count remains at 758. There are now108 (14.2%) active cases under observation in Jamaica, while 20 cases have been...

Jamaica has recorded five new COVID-19 cases and 10 additional recoveries as at Saturday (July 11). The total number of confirmed cases are now up to 758 while recoveries have moved to 615. Three of the new positives are males and two are females, with ages ranging from 22 to 45 years. All five are imported cases with addresses in...

Two more COVID-19 patients have recovered and have been released from care as at Friday (July 10). Recoveries now stand at 605 (80% Recovery Rate). At the same time, no new cases of COVID-19 were recorded today. The island’s cumulative number remains at 753. There are 119 (16%) active cases currently under observation in Jamaica, while 19 cases have been...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness, says it has approximately $702 million to be expended in July as part of ongoing measures to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19). The sum is the balance on a $4.6-billion allocation of which $3.9 billion has been spent to date. About $6 billion has been budgeted for the Ministry’s COVID-19 response. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the...

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) will provide 500 COVID-19 protective kits, valued at more than $15 million, to small tourism properties islandwide. Making the announcement during a digital press conference on July 10, Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said the kits, valued at more than $30,000 each, will include two touchless garbage bins, two touchless hand sanitiser dispensers and...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness says it is working speedily to clear the backlog of coronavirus (COVID-19) test results that have been piling up over the last three weeks. Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie explained that over the last two to three weeks they have tested thousands of persons, and that has “created a little bit of...