Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that more coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines are expected in the island this week. “We will see vaccines coming in every few weeks or, at least, every month going into the New Year,” he said, noting that the shipments will add to the approximately 1.1 million doses of vaccines received to...

  Females 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 536 76,987 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 323 43,765 Males 213 33,218 Under Investigation 0 4 AGE RANGE 1 day to 103 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 100 4,032 Hanover 9 2,529 KSA 78 19,221 Manchester 37 5,330 Portland 25 2,104 St. Ann 33...

Chief Public Health Inspector for St. Elizabeth, Everod Lewis, says the parish’s Aedes aegypti index was at 10 per cent for the month of August. “We were able to visit over 7,000 homes for the period, where we recognised that 711 [premises] were positive, which basically gave us that 10 per cent,” he said, while addressing the monthly meeting of...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) has embarked on a public education programme to mark Prostate Cancer Awareness Month which is observed annually during the month of September. The programme comprises activities that are aimed at changing the negative attitude of Jamaican men towards prostate cancer screening. Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Risk Factor Programme Development Officer in the NCD and...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 594 76,451 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 356 43,442 Males 238 33,006 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 1 days to 96 years 1 day to 108 years       PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 49 3,932 Hanover 15 2,520 Kingston & St. Andrew 103 19,143 Manchester 49 5,293 Portland...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has pledged to support efforts by local trade unions to facilitate the vaccination of employees in the workplace against the coronavirus (COVID-19). He was speaking during a press conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Friday (September 10), during which the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU)...

Today, the United States—through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—announced US$5.2 million in urgent COVID-19 assistance for Jamaica. Specifically, these funds will support the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to address urgent needs and fill gaps in order to accelerate widespread, equitable access to and the delivery and up-take of safe effective COVID-19 vaccines; and to reduce morbidity and...