The country’s COVID-19 response has been further boosted with the acquisition of personal protective equipment (PPEs) and testing kits. They include 12,500 N95 respirators, 18,750 isolation gowns and 60 viral RNA test kits and were provided to the Ministry of Health and Wellness by partners, the European Union (EU) and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). The provision was made...

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) member countries are being encouraged to prepare to leverage and deploy new pharmaceuticals being developed to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19). Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, notes that several “promising” new drugs are in late-stage development “that may help us treat COVID-19, and thus avoid hospitalisations and prevent deaths.” Speaking during PAHO’s COVID-19 digital media briefing on...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr.  the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says restoration works at the Cornwall Regional Hospital is now expected to be completed late 2022. Speaking in the House of Representatives on December 14, the Minister said rehabilitative works under the penultimate phase have started. The disclosure follows last month’s contract signing with contractors, M and M Jamaica Limited...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 25 91,868 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 16 52,275 Males 9 39,590 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 11 months to 77 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES     Clarendon 0 4,938 Hanover 1 2,997 KSA 6 22,661 Manchester 2 5,984 Portland 0 2,522 St. Ann 0...

The Greater Portmore Health Centre, in St. Catherine, is among several facilities slated for major upgrading and expansion. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, who made the disclosure recently, said there is “an urgent need to add significant expansion” to the healthcare facility, given the large population in Portmore that it serves. “The new building will...

Chief Public Health Inspector for St. Elizabeth, Everod Lewis, says the parish’s public health department has been persistent in its fight to curtail mosquito-borne diseases, such as dengue. Addressing the monthly meeting of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation in Black River, on December 9, Mr. Lewis said the Aedes index is at 20.8 per cent, noting that the parish has...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 41 91,843 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 19 52,259 Males 22 39,581 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 2 years to =94 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES     Clarendon 1 4,938 Hanover 1 2,996 KSA 4 22,655 Manchester 1 5,982 Portland 0 2,522 St. Ann 9...