NEW CASES  24 HRS  OVERALL    NOTES  Confirmed Cases  62  51,282    SEX CLASSIFICATION        Females  36  28,706    Males  26  22,573    Under Investigation  0  3    AGE RANGE  2 years to 95 years  1 day to 108 years              PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES        Clarendon  1  2,750 ...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says testing has found no evidence of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus in Jamaica. Dr. Tufton made the disclosure in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 13). He was responding to questions posed by Opposition Spokesperson on Health, Dr. Morais Guy. The Ministry has arranged for the...

Jamaica and other Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Caribbean member states are expected to begin receiving shipments of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines soon, donated by the United States (US) government. PAHO Assistant Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr., says the entity is collaborating with the US administration and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) to facilitate the deployment of three...

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, is encouraging member countries to dedicate six per cent of their gross domestic product (GDP) to bolster their health systems. She has also called on them to prioritise resources for social protection programmes for the most vulnerable persons in their societies, as they focus on recovering from the impact of the...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL   Confirmed Cases 55 50,848   SEX CLASSIFICATION       Females 27 28,459   Males 28 22,386   Under Investigation 0 3   AGE RANGE 1 year to 97 years 1 day to 108 years             PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES       Clarendon 1 2,744  ...

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL  NOTES Confirmed Cases 37 50,757 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 23 28,413 Males 14 22,341 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 2 years to 98 years 1 day to 108 years       PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES       Clarendon 1 2,740 Hanover 7 1,396 Kingston & St. Andrew 4 13,995 Manchester 2 3,030...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the pace of Jamaica’s recovery from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic will largely depend on how diligently persons practice infection prevention and control measures to contain domestic spread, “and how we take the vaccines when they are available.” Speaking during Friday’s (July 9) ground-breaking ceremony for IMCA Jamaica Limited’s corporate...