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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a recent virtual COVID Conversations press conference.

Health Ministry Collaborates with Private Facilities to Increase Vaccination Sites

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is collaborating with private health facilities to increase the number of vaccination sites islandwide. The move aims to reduce overcrowding at vaccination sites and boost the Government’s National Vaccination Programme. Recently, the Ministry signed...

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Christopher Tufton, with Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Audrey P. Marks, on his recent visit to the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC.

Adopt-A-Clinic Programme Gaining Traction in Diaspora

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), speaks with nurses Bobby-Joe Campbell (right) and Odette Wilson (second right) during a visit to the Port Maria Anglican Church vaccination site in St. Mary, recently. Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left), accompanied the Prime Minister.

Vaccinated Persons Helping Return to Normal Life – PM

President of the Lupus Foundation of Jamaica, Dr. Desiree Tulloch-Reid

October Is Lupus Awareness Month

Custos of St. Mary, Hon. Errol Johnson (left), in conversation with Group General Counsel at Jamaica Producers Group (JP), Simone Pearson, at the company’s vaccination event held in Annotto Bay, St. Mary, on September 30.

Jamaica Producers Group Host Vaccination Day

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing Thursday’s (September 30) virtual Covid Conversations press briefing.

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568,615 Doses Of Vaccines Available – Dr. Tufton

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says 568,615 doses of vaccine are available in the island to administer to Jamaicans. These include 390,180 doses of the AstraZeneca brand for first and second doses, and 178,435 of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose brand. “We are saying to Jamaicans, please, if you have not yet gotten your vaccines...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses members of the diaspora at a virtual town hall meeting dubbed, ‘Let’s Connect with Ambassador Marks’, on Thursday September 30.

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Health Minister Engages Members Of The Diaspora In US

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, engaged members of the diaspora in the United States of America (USA), at a virtual town hall meeting on Thursday (September 30). The meeting was the sixth in a monthly series, dubbed, ‘Let’s Connect with Ambassador Audrey Marks’, Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States. The meeting was attended by members...

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)

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PAHO Selects Two Entities For Regional Manufacturing Platform

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has selected two of 30 applicants, to date, for participation in the entity’s regional manufacturing platform. This initiative aims to forge alliances to accelerate vaccine and other critical health technology research, development and manufacturing in the Americas. PAHO Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, said that the entities – public producer Bio-Manguinhos Institute of Technology on...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a Vaccination Mobilisation and Public Education Campaign event in Port Maria, St. Mary, on Thursday (September 30). At left is Member of Parliament for Western St. Mary, Hon. Robert Montague, who is also the Minister of Transport and Mining.

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PM Assures Of COVID Vaccine Safety

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, continues to implore Jamaicans to take the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, assuring that the Government has taken all the necessary steps to ensure that they are safe. The Prime Minister, who was speaking at a Vaccination Mobilisation and Public Education Campaign event in Port Maria, St. Mary, on Thursday (September 30), said that while...

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COVID-19 Update for Thursday, September 30, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 332 84,069 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 192 47,813 Males 140 36,253 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 3 days to 96 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES Clarendon 32 4,474 Hanover 6 2,730 Kingston & St. Andrew 57 20,803 Manchester...

The new 48-bed field hospital donated to the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), in St. Andrew, through a private sector-funded and coordinated initiative, was officially handed over on Thursday (September 30).

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Field Hospital Handed Over To UHWI

A new 48-bed field hospital donated to the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) in St. Andrew, through a private sector-funded and coordinated initiative, was officially handed over on Thursday (September 30). The $50-million isolation facility is equipped with sanitisation stations, sluice room and shower, donning and duffing areas, piped oxygen, air conditioning, Wi-Fi and video surveillance. In his address...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, emphasises a point during Thursday’s (September 30) virtual Covid Conversations press briefing.

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Gov’t To Introduce Digital COVID-19 Vaccination Card

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Government is working on developing a digital coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination card, which should be available to Jamaicans within the next two to three months. “We are currently in the exploratory mode. We are working with a number of international partners, among them the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF),...