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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Sunday, February 27, 2022

Member of Parliament for Southeast Clarendon, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (centre) examines a pack of gloves during the handing over of an assortment of medical items to the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA). The ceremony was held on Friday (February 25) at the National Health Fund (NHF) pharmaceutical warehouse in Kingston. Also pictured are Mayor of May Pen, Councillor, Winston Maragh (left) and Chief Executive Officer, National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson. The items were donated by international, non-profit organisation, Medgive Foundation to the SRHA through the NHF.

More Than US$80,000 in Supplies for Public Health System

St. James’ Parish Health, Promotion and Education Officer, Julian Grandison Mullings (right), and Human Resource Clerk at Holiday Inn Resort, Shantae Miller, demonstrate an elbow bump as an alternative to a handshake in keeping with COVID-19 safety protocols. This was during Tourism Product Development Company’s first in a series of sensitisation sessions to promote COVID-19 protocols and vaccination, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall on Friday (February 25).

Vaccines Promoted At TPDCo Event

Paediatrician and Senior Registrar at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Andrew Burton, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, on a study conducted to determine the Epidemiology of Dermatological Diseases at a Jamaican Paediatric Hospital.

Study on Skin Diseases Presented at BHC Should be Useful – Paediatrician

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton

Public Service Announcement – Vaccination Blitz February 26 and 27, 2022

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.

4 years ago CoronavirusCOVID-19 VaccinationHealth & Wellness

More Than 21 Million Caribbean Residents Fully Vaccinated

More than 21 million of the nearly 700 million residents of the Americas who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19) are from the Caribbean, reports Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne. The region is home to more than 44 million people. Addressing PAHO’s weekly COVID-19 digital briefing on Wednesday (February 23), Dr. Etienne highlighted the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing a virtual press briefing on Tuesday (February 22).

4 years ago CoronavirusEntertainmentLocal GovernmentPrime Minister

Government To Inform Country Of Measures To Reopen Entertainment Sector

The Government will inform the nation shortly on what measures will be put in place to facilitate the reopening of the entertainment sector. This was stated by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during a virtual press briefing held on February 22. He said that Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, will be coming shortly...

Paediatrician and Senior Registrar at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Andrew Burton, displays parts of his winning research project from the National Health Research Conference 2021 during a recent JIS Think Tank. The study looked at the epidemiology of dermatological diseases at a Jamaican paediatric hospital.

4 years ago Health & Wellness

Researcher Presents Findings On Skin Conditions Treated At Bustamante Hospital

Research conducted at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC) from 2012 to 2016, found that the most common skin conditions among children treated were ringworm in the head, eczema, and allergic reactions to insect bites. This was disclosed by Paediatrician and Senior Registrar at the hospital, Dr. Andrew Burton, at a JIS Think Tank on Thursday (February 17). Dr. Burton...

4 years ago CoronavirusPrime Minister

PM Announces Further Relaxation Of COVID-19 Measures

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, on Tuesday (February 22) announced a further relaxation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) containment measures. The revised measures, which include changes of the nightly curfew hours, are based on declines in the COVID-19 indicators, particularly infections and hospitalisations. The new measures are effective from Friday, February 25 for a three-week period, ending March 17....

Minister of Finance and Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, recently tabled the Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives.

4 years ago Budget 2022/2023Health & WellnessPrime Minister

$300M Budgeted To Continue Emergency Communication System Buildout

A sum of $300 million has been budgeted to continue implementation of the Improvement of the Emergency Communication System in Jamaica Project in fiscal year 2022/23. Details are outlined in the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled recently in the House of Representatives by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. The project, being spearheaded by...

Training Manager for the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Western Region, Megan Mollison.

4 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessTourism

TPDCO Staging COVID-19 Resensitisation Workshops

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDco) has embarked on a series of workshops to resensitise players in the tourism sector about the coronavirus (COVID-19) health and safety protocols and to encourage greater take up of the vaccines. The sessions, being conducted in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Wellness, commenced on February 17 in Montego Bay, St. James, and...

4 years ago Finance & Public ServiceHealth & WellnessParliament

$300 Million Set Aside For UHWI Modernisation Project

The Government has allocated $300 million to begin modernisation of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). The works are part of a major redevelopment project at the hospital, which includes the construction of a new tower with 58 additional bed spaces, 35 neonatal cots and seven major theatres, and the purchase of medical equipment. As stated in the...