Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says persons who have taken the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines are helping the country to return to normal life and is urging them to become ambassadors for the programme. Speaking to persons gathered at the Port Maria Anglican Church in St. Mary, recently, to receive their vaccines, Mr. Holness commended them for making the...

President of the Lupus Foundation of Jamaica, Dr. Desiree Tulloch-Reid, is calling for increased awareness of the disease, which can lead to early detection and access to treatment. This, as October is being observed as Lupus Awareness Month, under the theme ‘Children and Youth With Lupus: Saving Lives Through Knowledge and Support’. “Increased awareness in the population, in the health...

Jamaica Producers Group (JP) through its partnership with the Private Sector Vaccine Initiative (PSVI) successfully hosted its COVID-19 vaccination day on Thursday (September 30). The initiative, which was held in Annotto Bay in St. Mary, saw over 200 persons receive doses of the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, with approximately half of the participants, from the company. Speaking at...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says 568,615 doses of vaccine are available in the island to administer to Jamaicans. These include 390,180 doses of the AstraZeneca brand for first and second doses, and 178,435 of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose brand. “We are saying to Jamaicans, please, if you have not yet gotten your vaccines...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, engaged members of the diaspora in the United States of America (USA), at a virtual town hall meeting on Thursday (September 30). The meeting was the sixth in a monthly series, dubbed, ‘Let’s Connect with Ambassador Audrey Marks’, Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States. The meeting was attended by members...

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has selected two of 30 applicants, to date, for participation in the entity’s regional manufacturing platform. This initiative aims to forge alliances to accelerate vaccine and other critical health technology research, development and manufacturing in the Americas. PAHO Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, said that the entities –  public producer Bio-Manguinhos Institute of Technology on...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, continues to implore Jamaicans to take the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, assuring that the Government has taken all the necessary steps to ensure that they are safe. The Prime Minister, who was speaking at a Vaccination Mobilisation and Public Education Campaign event in Port Maria, St. Mary, on Thursday (September 30), said that while...