The National Health Fund has received critical medical supplies from Food For The Poor (FFP) in response to the coronavirus in Jamaica. The donation, which was handed over on Monday, March 23, 2020, at the NHF Pharmaceutical Division on Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston, consisted of medications to treat chronic illnesses and infections as well as scrubs and face masks...

Residents in Western Jamaica are lauding the Government’s handling of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Persons from the parishes of Trelawny, St. James, Westmoreland and Hanover, who spoke to JIS News on March 23, commended the Government on being proactive in its measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19 and for the frequent dissemination of information about the virus. Following are...

Jamaica now has 25 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), following the return of six additional positive tests over the last two days. The six new cases are: • Two males, both 61 years old, with a travel history that includes Trinidad, London, Egypt, and Dubai. They arrived in Jamaica on March 11. • A 51-year-old Jamaican resident...

Executive Director of Devon House Development Company, Janette Taylor, is advising the public that Devon House remains open, but with some adjustments to its operations. Speaking with JIS News, Mrs. Taylor said the children’s play area and all the lawns, with the exception of the North Lawn where the Ice Cream parlour is located, have been closed, and that persons...

Two weeks after Jamaica’s first imported coronavirus (COVID-19) patient was confirmed, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the disease has made a tremendous impact on the country. Jamaica’s first patient tested positive on March 10. To date, 21 cases have been confirmed by the Government. “The disease has the medical and public health aspects to it, but once...

The Government will be purchasing rapid test kits for the coronavirus (COVID-19). Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, said that the kits should arrive in the island within a few weeks. He said that a protocol will be established to enable approved public health facilities to use the kits to test persons for the virus. Dr....

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is ramping up surveillance and testing as the country approaches the final stage of the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), which is community transmission. “We are now testing all severe, acute respiratory illnesses that are presenting to our hospitals,” said Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie She noted that, initially, “we were testing only...