Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett has cautioned global leaders that any requirement for proof of vaccination for travel, which does not take into account the unequal access and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines globally, could be considered discriminatory. The Minister made his comments in his capacity as Chair of the Organization of American States (OAS), Inter-American Committee on Tourism (CITUR) Working Group 4,...

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 287 38,514 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 149 21,630 Males 138 16,881 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 7 days to 91 years 1 day to 108 years         PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 24 2,173 Hanover 9 1,088 Kingston & St. Andrew 78 10,988 Manchester 10...

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says work to develop a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in Cuba has advanced to the phase three clinical trial stage. Speaking during a recent COVID-19 digital briefing, PAHO's Assistant Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, said Cuban vaccine manufacturers commenced phase three trial activities two weeks ago. This included pilot vaccinations involving volunteers, and usually precedes World...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the side effects from the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine he received, were mild. The Prime Minister was vaccinated on Monday (March 22), at The Good Samaritan’s Inn, in Kingston. “For me, I got a low-grade fever and maybe a day of feeling fatigued... but I was still able to function. By Wednesday (March...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, visited the family of 20-year-old accounting clerk, Khanice Jackson, whose body was found at the Portmore Fishing Village, in St. Catherine, on Friday (March 26). Ms. Jackson, a resident of Independence City, in Portmore, had been missing since March 24, after leaving home for work. The Prime Minister visited the family before touring...

“I didn’t even feel it,” were the words 101-year-old Fannie Knight, after receiving her first dose of the coronavirus (COVID-19) AstraZeneca vaccine, at the National Arena, on Saturday (March 27). Ms. Knight was the oldest person to receive the vaccine, at the Government’s first coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination blitz. “I didn’t know she gave me any. I was looking for her...

Another 50,000 Jamaicans are to benefit from cash grants under the Government’s COVID-19 Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme, which will continue with a further allotment of $3 billion in the 2021/22 budget. This was noted by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, as he piloted the Appropriations...