NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 643 71,987 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 396 40,814 Males 247 31,170 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 3 months to 105 years 1 day to 108 years         PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 65 3,677 Hanover 25 2,386 Kingston & St. Andrew 97 18,293 Manchester...

Well over 2,000 tourism workers have been vaccinated using one of three vaccines made available to them at a number of strategic blitz sites organized by the new Tourism Vaccination Task Force, in its first three days of major activities. The Task Force, which was established to facilitate the vaccination of all tourism workers island-wide, has organized a series of...

More than 500 tourism workers on Friday (September 3) participated in the Tourism Vaccination Task Force’s COVID-19 Vaccination Blitz held at Moon Palace in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. The initiative is the brainchild of the Ministry of Tourism in partnership with the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) and the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) that are looking to expedite...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development and Member of Parliament for Kingston Western, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left), engages with residents who turned out at the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination site at the Tivoli Gardens High School in the constituency, on Thursday (September 2).

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says he is encouraged by the increasing number of persons taking the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Dr. Tufton said this demonstrated that the message of the vaccine’s effectiveness against the virus, particularly in reducing the possibility of severe illness, “is getting to [the people]”. He was speaking with JIS News during...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says work will commence shortly on the construction of a field hospital at the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital in Westmoreland. He indicated that the contractors have commenced excavation work, adding that “in the next couple of days, [they] will [be] putting in the base material and then, from there, they...

Gender-based violence (GBV) is among the key indicators being used in the 2021 Reproductive Health Survey (RHS). This was disclosed by Principal Director of the National Family Planning Board, Lovette Byfield, during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s head office in Kingston on Wednesday (September 1). Other indicators include fertility; contraceptive use; knowledge, attitude, and practice,...