The Ministry of Health and Wellness has developed a COVID-19 Recovery Plan, with the objective of establishing an adequate legal framework to support and enable the implementation of actions in response to the virus and other biohazard public health emergencies. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the announcement during his contribution to the 2020/21 Sectoral Debate in the...

On Wednesday, (July 8), Jamaica presented at the United Nations High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), and indicated that the economy is expected to recover within two to four years and employment within one to three years following global economic fall-out caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The projected short recovery period compared with the global economic recession of...

As at Wednesday (July 8), Jamaica recorded six new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed positives for the island to 751. The new cases consist of two (2) males and four (4) females with ages ranging from 19 to 48 years. All are imported cases, who recently came into the island on flights from the United States (5)...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, is reporting that as at July 1, disbursements had been made to 396,311 persons out of 415,888 eligible applicants, under the Government’s COVID Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme. He made the disclosure during a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 7). Dr. Clarke...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, has announced a two-month extension of the Supporting Employees with the Transfer of Cash (SET Cash) and the Business Employee Support and Transfer of Cash (BEST Cash) components of the COVID Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme. Dr. Clarke, in a statement to the House of Representatives...

Eight more COVID-19 patients have recovered and have been released from isolation, bringing the total recoveries to 599 (80.4% Recovery rate). At the same time, eight new imported/import-related cases have been recorded as at Tuesday (July 7). Jamaica now has on record 745 COVID-19 cases. The new cases consist of five males and three females with ages ranging from 20...

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, has praised member countries that swiftly instituted safeguards against the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the region of the Americas. Speaking during PAHO’s COVID-19 digital media briefing on Tuesday (July 7), Dr. Etienne noted that from the outset of the pandemic, “people across the region quickly embraced public health guidance to stay...