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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (File Photo)
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (File Photo)

PM Holness Announces Proposed COVID-19 Measures for the Christmas Period

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced amendments to the proposed Disaster Risk Management measures for the period December 2020 to mid-January 2020. Speaking in Parliament this afternoon (November 24), Prime Minister Holness says the COVID-19 protocols must be followed over...
Senior Public Health Nurse, St. Catherine Public Health Department, Marlene Stephenson (right), helps health workers to don protective gear as they prepare to do coronavirus (COVID-19) testing in the Church of God of Prophecy in Frazer’s Content in Spanish Town, St. Catherine on Saturday (Nov. 21). The exercise, which included house-to-house surveillance and sensitisation, was part of strategic intervention to curtail the spread of the virus.
Senior Public Health Nurse, St. Catherine Public Health Department, Marlene Stephenson (right), helps health workers to don protective gear as they prepare to do coronavirus (COVID-19) testing in the Church of God of Prophecy in Frazer’s Content in Spanish Town, St. Catherine on Saturday (Nov. 21). The exercise, which included house-to-house surveillance and sensitisation, was part of strategic intervention to curtail the spread of the virus.

PHOTOS: COVID-19 Community Surveillance in Frazer’s Content, Spanish Town
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, addresses the weekly virtual COVID Conversations press conference on Thursday (November 19).
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, addresses the weekly virtual COVID Conversations press conference on Thursday (November 19).

Stiffer Penalties Coming for Breaches of COVID-19 Restrictions
Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)
Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)

PAHO Says Two Billion Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines Could Be Distributed to Countries Globally
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, addresses the weekly virtual COVID Conversations press conference on Thursday (November 19).
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, addresses the weekly virtual COVID Conversations press conference on Thursday (November 19).

Health Minister Appeals to Jamaicans to Help the Less Fortunate This Christmas

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, addresses the weekly virtual COVID Conversations press conference on Thursday (November 19).
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Dr. Tufton Optimistic of COVID-19 Breakthrough Next Year

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, is optimistic that there will be a breakthrough in the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2021 consequent on the availability of a vaccine. “All the indication of modern science suggests that in 2021, we will break the back of COVID-19,” he said, while addressing the weekly virtual COVID Conversations press conference...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing the weekly virtual COVID Conversations press briefing on Thursday (November 19).
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Quarantine of International Travellers to Continue

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has advised that Jamaica will continue to quarantine international travellers. He made the disclosure at the weekly virtual COVID Conversations press briefing on Thursday (November 19). The Ministry’s move is in spite of the new Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recommendation that quarantine, sampling, and isolation of international travellers is...
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Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.
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Westmoreland Health Department To Conduct Screening For COVID-19 November 21

The Westmoreland Health Department will be conducting free community screening for the coronavirus (COVID-19) on Saturday, November 21, as the parish continues to record an increase in the number of cases. The screening will take place at Independence Park, Savanna-la-Mar, between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Speaking with JIS News, Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Health Department, Gerald...
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