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Consultant Pediatrician for the BRH, Dr. Aggrey Sajabi (right) is photographed with District Grand Master Linton Andrews (2nd right) and members Dr. Basil Robinson (2nd left) and Reuben Spencer after the handing over of the phototherapy lamps which treat severe jaundice in newborn babies.

Black River Hospital Benefits from Donations Aimed at Improving Healthcare in Rural Jamaica

The Black River Hospital (BRH) in St. Elizabeth has benefitted from donations aimed at improving healthcare in rural Jamaica. On Wednesday, January12, the hospital received two phototherapy lamps for its Paediatric Unit from District Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons...

(FILS) Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, emphasises a point while speaking during a COVID Conversations digital press briefing on Thursday (January 6).

Public Hospitals Accept Only Emergency Cases as COVID-19 Numbers Grow

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Kingston & St. Andrew Family Court Closed Due To COVID-19

COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Friday, January 14, 2022

Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson (left), and Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Representative for Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, Ian Stein, examine equipment and software donated to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) by PAHO. The items were handed over during a ceremony at the Police Commissioner’s office in Kingston on Friday (January 14).

JCF Receives Equipment and Software from PAHO

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Grange: Covid relief programme for entertainment, culture, creative industries practitioners oversubscribed

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says the Ministry’s ECCI Covid-19 Grants programme has been oversubscribed and has stopped taking new applications. “We anticipated about one thousand applications for the individual grants of $60,000 each to members of the Entertainment, Culture and Creative Industries. We’ve had a very good response in a very short time...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the virtual launch of the ‘The Reform of Education in Jamaica 2021 Report’ on Thursday (January 13).

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PM Urges Parents to Keep Sick Children at Home

As more school reopen for in-person classes, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is appealing to parents and guardians to closely monitor children for signs of the coronavirus (COVID-19) virus to reduce transmission in the school environment. “If you see any indication that your child is not well, please keep them at home. This is the only way to...

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Vaccination continues this weekend

AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer available to the public Vaccination sites will this weekend open to the public as the Ministry of Health and Wellness continues its efforts to safeguard Jamaicans against COVID-19. Persons 18 years and older may visit a vaccination site to receive the AstraZeneca, Johnson and Johnson, or the Sinopharm vaccine. Jamaicans 12 years and older...

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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Thursday, January 13, 2022

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Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, addressing a recent COVID Conversation press briefing.

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Training In Use Of Genome Sequencing Machine Expected To Begin Shortly

The Ministry of Health and Wellness anticipates that training in the use of the genome sequencing machine for the testing of coronavirus (COVID-19) variants will begin shortly. Speaking at a recent press conference, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, said that training was expected to begin on January 10 but has been pushed back. “We are hopeful that it...

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

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PAHO Highlights Vaccination To Fight COVID-19 Variants

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says vaccination is “especially important” in countering the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as the strain “takes hold” in the region. Speaking during PAHO’s weekly digital COVID-19 media briefing on Wednesday (January 12), Dr. Etienne said while the Delta variant still sparks new infections in the Americas, based on...

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, addresses journalists during a COVID Conversations digital press briefing on Thursday (January 6).

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Remain At Home And Monitor Mild Flu-Like Symptoms – CMO

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, is advising the public to remain at home and monitor themselves if they develop mild flu-like symptoms. “If symptoms worsen or persist beyond three days or you have chronic illnesses, then you should seek medical advice. This can be from your private practitioner, from the health centre or from the parish health department,”...