Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, is hailing the country’s frontline workers, noting that their resilience has “allowed us to break the back of the third wave of the coronavirus (COVID-19).” “If you look at the last seven-day average, positivity rates were hovering around five per cent. That is within the global…benchmark numbers. Remember, we were at...

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is reporting that 55 per cent of residents in Latin America and the Caribbean are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19). It is anticipated that this figure could increase with the arrival of an additional 1.6 million vaccine doses to the region this week, which Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says will bring the number...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 24 91,578 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 15 52,112 Males 9 39,463 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 4 years to 92 years 1 day to 108 years       PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES     Clarendon 2 4,932 Hanover 1 2,974 Kingston & St. Andrew 10 22,624 Manchester 0 5,972...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Tuesday (December 7), announced changes to the measures aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The new measures will become effective on December 10 and end on January 14, 2022. Speaking in the House of Representatives, Mr. Holness said that the curfew hours will now be from 10:00 p.m. nightly...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 18 91,554 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 11 52,097 Males 7 39,454 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 4 months to 91 years 1 day to 108 years       PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES     Clarendon 0 4,930 Hanover 3 2,973 Kingston & St. Andrew 1 22,615 Manchester 1 5,972...

Vendors at the Pineapple Craft Market in St. Ann are almost 100 per cent vaccinated and should be getting some business from both cruise and stopover arrivals in the coming months, tourism officials say. President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Clifton Reader, and Chairman of the island’s Resilient Corridors Committee, John Byles, are currently in discussions with...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 67 91,536 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 46 52,086 Males 21 39,447 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 1 day to 92 years 1 day to 108 years       PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES     Clarendon 1 4,930 Hanover 6 2,970 Kingston & St. Andrew 11 22,614 Manchester 1 5,971...