Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, heads a group of Community Health Aides during a COVID-19 vaccine public education initiative in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, on October 27. The team also conducted a sensitisation exercise in the town centre where they distributed flyers, pamphlets, masks and T-shirts.

Jamaica is slated to get another 370,000 doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines through the World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility. The provision, which is expected to arrive in the next few weeks, is part of more than three million doses being dispatched by COVAX to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) this week for deployment to...

A total of 376 primary schools have been selected to reopen for face-to-face classes, beginning Monday (November 8). This arrangement will apply to 45,390 students and approximately 2,520 teachers. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who made the announcement, said the schools were selected following an in-depth risk assessment of the 759 primary schools across the island. “The Ministry...

Chairman of the National COVID-19 Vaccination Operationalisation Task Force, Professor Gordon Shirley, is recommending a protocol for the vaccination or testing of certain categories of workers as part of measures to improve coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination coverage in the country. He said that implementation of the protocol should be preceded by a robust education programme aimed at addressing vaccine hesitancy and...

Beginning at 10 a.m. tomorrow, Jamaicans due their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine will be able to make their vaccination appointments. Persons who fall in this category are asked to visit the Ministry of Health & Wellness’s website – www.moh.gov.jm and click on the vaccination appointment tab at the top of homepage to edit their appointment details. Persons will...

Some 45,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccines arrived in country at approximately 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday (October 27) at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. This shipment, a gift from the Government of Suriname, represents a portion of the 145,000 does that are expected to arrive by the end of this week. As previously announced, the Ministry of Health...

Starting Wednesday, October 27, approximately 100 private doctors will begin administering coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines in their practice. Making the announcement at Tuesday’s (October 26) virtual COVID-19 Conversations press briefing, Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said the vaccines will be offered free of charge to patients. He informed that the doctors are registered with the Medical...