Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, and United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres had important discussions concerning the pandemic’s devastating impacts on vulnerable economies and developing countries. They discussed debt and liquidity issues and the unique challenges faced by Small Island Developing States, which are highly prone to the devastating effects of climate change and natural...

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, is calling on Jamaicans to adhere to the coronavirus (COVID-19) measures implemented by the Government to reduce the virus’ reproductive rate. The reproductive rate of a virus is a measure of its transmission, or the number of new infections generated by each case. Jamaica’s virus reproductive rate is now at 1.1, which means...

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says more than 155 million doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines have, so far, been delivered to member countries. The amount includes 2.1 million doses procured through the World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility. Dr. Etienne was speaking during PAHO’s COVID-19 digital briefing on Tuesday (March 23). She...

The first coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination blitz, mainly targeting persons 75 years and older, is set for Saturday, March 27 at the National Arena in St. Andrew via appointment scheduling. This was announced by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, who said the exercise is aimed at inoculating approximately 1,000 persons. “This is the blitz centre approach...

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL  NOTES Confirmed Cases 335 36,231 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 197 20,374 Males 138 15,854 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 1 year  to 103  years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES       Clarendon 36 2,042 Hanover 10 1,025 KSA 79 10,298 Manchester 4 2,180 Portland 2 1,134 St....

All places of worship will be allowed to host services with a maximum of 12 persons, between 5:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., until April 13. This forms part of the revised measures under the Disaster Risk Management Act to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), which were announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during a COVID-19...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says Jamaica has managed to keep COVID-19 vaccine waste at .3 per cent, to date, which is way below the country’s two per cent benchmark. He noted that the global standard of waste of the vaccine is three per cent. “We have used some 2,200 vials. There is always going...