Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham, says the recent surge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the parish is mostly affecting the unvaccinated population. Speaking at a weekly Health Talk Webinar on Sunday (September 5) hosted by President of the Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce, Moses Chybar, Dr. Graham said the Delta variant is contributing to the rapid spike...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 837 72,824 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 479 41,293 Males 358 31,528 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 25 days to 99 years 1 day to 108 years         PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 45 3,722 Hanover 42 2,428 Kingston & St. Andrew 126 18,419 Manchester...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is advising that all COVID-19 protocols are being observed during the collection of data for the 2021 Reproductive Health Survey. Data collection began in August and will end in December. Speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the Agency’s head office in Kingston, Head of the Special Projects Unit, Surveys...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reassuring the public that information collected during the Reproductive Health Survey (RHS) is strictly confidential. “Interviewers have to sign a Secrets Act as well as a Form of Oath that they maintain the confidentiality. Anything that is disclosed to them, they have to keep it private,” said Head of the Special Projects Unit,...

President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Clifton Reader, says that the vaccination of tourism workers is essential in safeguarding the industry. "That is why we are driving this process as hard as we can to make sure that we help the people and we keep them healthy because if we don’t have them, we don’t have a...

  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...