The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has selected two of 30 applicants, to date, for participation in the entity’s regional manufacturing platform. This initiative aims to forge alliances to accelerate vaccine and other critical health technology research, development and manufacturing in the Americas. PAHO Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, said that the entities –  public producer Bio-Manguinhos Institute of Technology on...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, continues to implore Jamaicans to take the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, assuring that the Government has taken all the necessary steps to ensure that they are safe. The Prime Minister, who was speaking at a Vaccination Mobilisation and Public Education Campaign event in Port Maria, St. Mary, on Thursday (September 30), said that while...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 332 84,069 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 192 47,813 Males 140 36,253 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 3 days to 96 years 1 day to 108 years         PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 32 4,474 Hanover 6 2,730 Kingston & St. Andrew 57 20,803 Manchester...

A new 48-bed field hospital donated to the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) in St. Andrew, through a private sector-funded and coordinated initiative, was officially handed over on Thursday (September 30). The $50-million isolation facility is equipped with sanitisation stations, sluice room and shower, donning and duffing areas, piped oxygen, air conditioning, Wi-Fi and video surveillance. In his address...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Government is working on developing a digital coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination card, which should be available to Jamaicans within the next two to three months. “We are currently in the exploratory mode. We are working with a number of international partners, among them the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF),...

The opening hours of vaccination sites have been extended for Thursday (September 30) as the Ministry of Health and Wellness seeks to maximise the take-up of 60,000 doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, which will expire at midnight. Some of the sites will remain open until 8:00 p.m. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure during a...

The Government’s vaccination drive has been boosted through the donation of two mobile units by the Yantai Municipal People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China. The vehicles, valued at ¥878,597 RMB, are already in operation and are being managed by the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA). Addressing the symbolic virtual handover ceremony on Thursday (September 30), Minister of...