Westmoreland Public Health Services and the Kiwanis Club of Westmoreland Capital on Tuesday (January 25) coordinated an immunisation drive at the Hatfield Early Childhood Institution in Westmoreland. The project targeted students from zero to six years old from both the Institution and the wider Hatfield community who had missed their original immunisation dates. Public Health Nurse at the Savanna-la-Mar Health...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that the Government has been strategic in its coronavirus (COVID-19) response and management measures. He said that the focus is on balancing lives and livelihoods, noting that the measures will allow for a return to normalcy and economic recovery. “We want to give the businesspeople, the small enterprises, the average Jamaican the...

The Government plans to embark on a new vaccination campaign to increase public confidence in and uptake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines. Addressing the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 25), Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said that the Government recognises that there remains a high level of misinformation in the public domain regarding the vaccines. “The Government...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), and (from second left) Regional Director, Region seven, Barrington Richardson; Acting Regional Director for Region Two, Yashieka Blackwood-Grant; and Director for Region five, Ottis Brown, view COVID-19 Home Testing Kits at a handover ceremony held at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices on January 25.

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the current coronavirus (COVID-19) containment measures have been extended for a further two weeks until February 10, 2022. Mr. Holness made the announcement during the sitting of the House of Representatives on January 25. “This means that the curfew hours remain from 10:00 p.m. nightly to 5:00 a.m. the following morning, until...

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is looking to facilitate the vaccination of at least 70 per cent of the collective population of Latin American and Caribbean member countries against the coronavirus (COVID-19) by mid-2022. Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, who notes that more than 60 per cent of people in these states have been fully immunised, says PAHO’s Revolving Fund...

Government Senator, Don Wehby, has commended the Government’s prudent fiscal management of the economy, particularly during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “In my opinion, this Government gets an A-plus for its management of the economy through this crisis,” he said. Senator Wehby, who was closing the State of the Nation Debate in the Upper House recently, highlighted some of the economic...