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Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton (left), presents an antigen test reader to Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Biomedical Caledonia Medical Lab, Helen Christian (centre), at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Thursday (January 14). Director of Laboratory Services in the Ministry, Dr. Michelle Hamilton, also presents the CEO with an antigen test reader. Occasion was the handover of 30,000 antigen test kits and reader machines to six private laboratories.
Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton (left), presents an antigen test reader to Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Biomedical Caledonia Medical Lab, Helen Christian (centre), at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Thursday (January 14). Director of Laboratory Services in the Ministry, Dr. Michelle Hamilton, also presents the CEO with an antigen test reader. Occasion was the handover of 30,000 antigen test kits and reader machines to six private laboratories.

COVID-19 Testing Capacity Of Private Labs Boosted

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is distributing 30,000 antigen test kits and reader machines to six private laboratories, to increase national testing capacity for the coronavirus (COVID-19). Beginning January 18, the SD Biosensor test kits will support the laboratories...

Islandwide Curfew, other Measures Extended until January 31
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks in the House of Representatives on January 12.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks in the House of Representatives on January 12.

Residents Of St. Ann And Manchester Urged To Adhere To COVID-19 Safeguards
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks in the House of Representatives on January 12.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks in the House of Representatives on January 12.

No Extension To Enhanced COVID-19 Measures In Westmoreland After Jan. 15
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks in the House of Representatives on January 12.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks in the House of Representatives on January 12.

Jamaica To Explore Access To Safe Vaccines Outside Of COVAX Facility

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State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (left), in discussion with Chairman of the Board of Crescent Primary School in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Councillor Norman Scott, while viewing the isolation unit at the school, recently.
CoronavirusEducation

Crescent Primary Lauded For Establishing Isolation Unit

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, is lauding the administration of Crescent Primary School in St. Catherine for establishing an isolation unit. The State Minister, who visited the facility recently, told JIS News that for schools that do not have such buildings to separate children in an emergency that could arise with the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (File Photo)
CoronavirusEducation

Government Examining Options to Address Loss of Teaching Time Due to COVID-19 – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government of Jamaica is moving with alacrity to ensure Jamaican students can participate in the digital age with devices that will give them access to online classes. Through his Positive Jamaica Foundation, Prime Minister Holness last week (Wednesday, January 6, 2021), distributed 600 devices, including tablets and laptops, to PEP and CSEC students registered...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking at the launch of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Negril Chapter
CoronavirusTourism

Negril Tourism Stakeholders Urged To Ensure Compliance With Enhanced COVID-19 Measures

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has called on stakeholders in Negril, Westmoreland, to exercise a greater level of compliance in keeping with the enhanced coronavirus (COVID-19) measures for the parish. The special measures, which include tighter curfew hours from 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. daily, began on December 16, 2020 and were extended up to January 15, 2021. They...
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CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID19 Update for Sunday, January 10, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL   Confirmed Cases                89 13,637   SEX CLASSIFICATION       Males 34 6,190   Females 55 7,445   Under Investigation 0 2   AGE RANGE 4 years to 86 years 1 day to 104 years           PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES       Clarendon 8 660   Hanover...
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