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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing a handover ceremony for 5,000 coronavirus (COVID-19) home testing kits presented to the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) for tourism workers, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in Rose Hall, St. James, on December 30.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing a handover ceremony for 5,000 coronavirus (COVID-19) home testing kits presented to the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) for tourism workers, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in Rose Hall, St. James, on December 30.

Jamaicans Urged to Recognise the Importance of Safeguarding Themselves Against COVID-19

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says Jamaicans need to recognise the importance of safeguarding themselves against the coronavirus (COVID-19), as the country approaches a fourth wave of the pandemic. Addressing a handover ceremony for COVID-19...
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, interacts with students at the Rock Hall Primary School in St. Andrew, today (January 4), during a handover ceremony for the presentation of a cartridge-free printer and reams of paper, donated by the Usain Bolt Foundation.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, interacts with students at the Rock Hall Primary School in St. Andrew, today (January 4), during a handover ceremony for the presentation of a cartridge-free printer and reams of paper, donated by the Usain Bolt Foundation.

Government Will Continue To Facilitate Face-To-Face Classes

Exercise Caution with Medicinal Plants and Herbs
State Minister, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (stooping), dotes on baby boy, Ajaunie Bennett, who is being cradled by his mother, Amoy Brown (second left). Occasion was Mrs. Cuthbert Flynn’s visit to the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in Kingston on New Year’s Day (January 1), where she spent time with new mothers and their babies and presented them with complimentary personal care baskets. Looking on are Director of Nursing Services, VJH, Elise Fairweather Blackwood (left), and Regional Director, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Maureen Golding.
State Minister, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (stooping), dotes on baby boy, Ajaunie Bennett, who is being cradled by his mother, Amoy Brown (second left). Occasion was Mrs. Cuthbert Flynn’s visit to the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in Kingston on New Year’s Day (January 1), where she spent time with new mothers and their babies and presented them with complimentary personal care baskets. Looking on are Director of Nursing Services, VJH, Elise Fairweather Blackwood (left), and Regional Director, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Maureen Golding.

PHOTOS: Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn Visits Victoria Jubilee and Spanish Town Hospitals on New Year’s Day

Ministry of Health to Focus on Destigmatising Mental Illness

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COVID-19 VaccinationHealth & Wellness

Vaccination Sites Closed for New Year’s Weekend

Sites reopen on Monday, January 3, 2022 Vaccination sites will be closed on New Year’s Day, Saturday, January 1 and Sunday, January 2, 2022 as Jamaicans observe New Year’s Day holiday. The vaccination sites will reopen on Monday, January 3, 2022 to facilitate the administration of first and second doses, booster shots and additional doses for the immunocompromised. At the...
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CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 Update for Thursday, December 30, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 329 93,920 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 199 53,430 Males 130 40,487 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 1 day to 94 years 1 day to 108 years     PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES   Clarendon 2 4,960 Hanover 12 3,103 Kingston & St. Andrew 171 23,494 Manchester 19 6,039 Portland 2 2,540 St. Ann...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (second left), in discussion with representatives of the latest unions/bargaining units signing the Heads of Agreement for the government’s 12-month four percent salary offer for April 2021 to March 2022, on behalf of civil servants. They are (from left): Union of Clerical, Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE) General Secretary John Levy; Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) President Dr. Mindi Fitz-Henley; Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) President Patsy Henry; and Jamaica Midwives Association (JMA) President Bobby-Joe Campbell. The signing took place the Ministry in Kingston on December 22. Photo: Yhomo Hutchinson
Finance & Public ServiceHealth & Wellness

Finance Minister Expresses Gratitude To Healthcare Workers

Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, has praised healthcare professionals who have been working on the frontline of the national coronavirus (COVID-19) response programme. Dr. Clarke highlighted the work of representatives of the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA), and Jamaica Midwives Association (JMA), in particular, to whom he expressed...
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