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...

Today, the United States Government demonstrated its ongoing commitment to the Government and people of Jamaica, through the donation of the second tranche of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. This second of three shipments, consists of 204,750 vaccines, bringing the U.S. Government’s donation to date to 413,010.    Since the start of this global crisis, the U.S. Embassy has taken a strong mission-wide...

Staff at the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) recently benefited from a sensitisation session on COVID-19 vaccines. Director, Human Resources and Administration, BGLC, Sandra Antonio, told JIS News that hosting the session was BGLC’s way of equipping its staff with accurate information about the COVID-19 vaccines, which in turn will help them “to make informed decisions to protect themselves,...

Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Elizabeth Riley, says that the protracted nature of the pandemic has caused a radical shift in the socio-economic profiles of Caribbean states. “This has put additional pressure on our social protection systems and I think it taught us quite a lot about the real importance of factoring in human behaviour,...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 46 89,216 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 27 50,740 Males 19 38,472 Under Investigation 0 4 AGE RANGE 4 months to 89 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 0 4,815 Hanover 1 2,888 KSA 13 22,055 Manchester 0 5,890 Portland 8 2,486 St. Ann...

 

The effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have been embraced in the planning and execution of the Seventh Regional Platform instead of being viewed as obstacles, says the Chief of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Secretariat for the Americas, Raul Salazar. He told JIS News that discussions were held with the Government of Jamaica, hosts of...