Following the publication of an interim guidance on vaccination for immunocompromised individuals by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Ministry of Health & Wellness has advised that it will effective immediately implement the recommendation and administer an additional dose of the COVID-19 vaccines to Jamaicans, who are classified as immunocompromised according to WHO’s guidance. The WHO has defined immunocompromised individuals...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 117 89,466 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 69 50,881 Males 48 38,582 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 8 months to 97 years 1 day to 108 years         PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 9 4,837 Hanover 2 2,894 Kingston & St. Andrew 18 22,105 Manchester...

Immediate Past President of the Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors (JAPHI), Karen Brown, is encouraging more young people to consider a career as a Public Health Inspector (PHI). Speaking to students at the St. Ann’s Bay Primary School in St. Ann on Tuesday, (November 2), Ms. Brown said that PHIs contribute significantly to sustainable development by safeguarding the health...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that contending with misinformation while focusing on the problems associated with the COVID-19 pandemic has been posing a significant challenge to health authorities. In fact, Dr. Tufton, who was speaking virtually at the Ministry’s Health Promotion and Education Review on November 4, said the problem continues to intensify daily,...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 133 89,349 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 71 50,812 Males 62 38,534 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 8 days to 94 years 1 day to 108 years         PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 13 4,828 Hanover 3 2,891 Kingston & St. Andrew 32 22,087 Manchester...

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is reporting that 1.2 billion doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines have, to date, been administered in member countries. Assistant Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr., says consequent on this, 46 per cent of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean had been fully vaccinated. He noted that at least 32 countries have...

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) member countries, including several Caribbean states, have been recording declines in  coronavirus (COVID-19) infections and deaths. Assistant Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr., said that more than 745,000 new infections and just over 18,000 deaths were reported across North and Latin America and the Caribbean during the last week. “This is the eighth consecutive...