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COVID-19 Update for Sunday, September 26, 2021

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 252 83,030 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 142 47,225 Males 110 35,799 Under Investigation 0 6 AGE RANGE 3 months to 91 years 1 day to 108 years        ...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left, standing), engages with public health nurses, during a coronavirus (CoVID-19) vaccination blitz at the Pembroke Hall community centre in St. Andrew Northwest on Friday (September 24). He was accompanied by Minister of Finance and the Public Service and St. Andrew Northwest Member of Parliament, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (centre, standing); and Councillor for the Chancery Hall Division, Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, Dwayne Smith. In the background is Commanding Officer for the Duhaney Park Police Station, Deputy Superintendent Coleridge Minto.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left, standing), engages with public health nurses, during a coronavirus (CoVID-19) vaccination blitz at the Pembroke Hall community centre in St. Andrew Northwest on Friday (September 24). He was accompanied by Minister of Finance and the Public Service and St. Andrew Northwest Member of Parliament, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (centre, standing); and Councillor for the Chancery Hall Division, Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, Dwayne Smith. In the background is Commanding Officer for the Duhaney Park Police Station, Deputy Superintendent Coleridge Minto.

Vaccination Jamaica’s Way Out Of Pandemic – PM
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking during a coronavirus (CoVID-19) vaccination blitz at the Pembroke Hall community centre in St. Andrew on Friday (Sept. 24).
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking during a coronavirus (CoVID-19) vaccination blitz at the Pembroke Hall community centre in St. Andrew on Friday (Sept. 24).

Correcting Misinformation Is Costly – PM
Former Deputy Matron of Kingston Public Hospital Lilian Bent-Miller (left), receives a trophy from a member of the Friends of Kingston Public Hospital in 1999 for long and dedicated service in the field of nursing.
Former Deputy Matron of Kingston Public Hospital Lilian Bent-Miller (left), receives a trophy from a member of the Friends of Kingston Public Hospital in 1999 for long and dedicated service in the field of nursing.

Former Deputy Matron to Receive National Award
Chairman of the South Coast Chapter of the Jamaica Tourist and Hotel Association (JHTA), Jason Henzell
Chairman of the South Coast Chapter of the Jamaica Tourist and Hotel Association (JHTA), Jason Henzell

Two South Coast Hotels Celebrate 100% Vaccination Of Staff

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), addresses residents who received their coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine at a vaccination blitz at Troy High School in Southern Trelawny on Thursday (September 23). He was joined by Member of Parliament for Southern Trelawny, Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert (left).
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

System Of Verifying Vaccination Status To Be Established

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is moving to make travel with Jamaica’s vaccination card more seamless by establishing a system for verifying the validity of the vaccination status of Jamaicans. The Prime Minister’s announcement comes following concerns being raised after it emerged that the United Kingdom’s Government does not recognise the vaccination status of Jamaicans...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on September 21 at the agency’s head office in Kingston.
CoronavirusTourism

Vaccine Hesitancy Must Go If Growth Is To Happen – Bartlett

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says vaccine hesitancy must go for growth to take place. The Minister was speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s head office in Kingston on Tuesday (September 21), where he encouraged tourism workers to get vaccinated. “There has been a lot of hesitancy and I want to make the point...
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Health & Wellness

Jamaica Wants Resilience Building In Information Management, Risk Communication For Health

Jamaica has endorsed the Strategy for Building Resilient Health Systems and Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery to Sustain and Protect Public Health Gains, advanced at the 59th PAHO Directing Council meeting now underway in Washington DC.   The strategy prescribes, among other things, prioritisation of primary health care, increased and sustained public financing in health and social protection, together with strengthened health...
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President of the Pan American Health Organization’s 59th Directing Council, Jamaica
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Tufton Laments Unequal Distribution Of COVID-19 Vaccines

President of the Pan American Health Organization’s 59th Directing Council, Jamaica's Health Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has lamented the devastating impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Addressing the opening of the 73rd Session of the Regional Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) of the Americas, at PAHO’s headquarters in Washington...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn.
Health & Wellness

Care Programme For The HIV+ Officially Launched

State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, says Jamaica has initiated several programmes to ensure that persons living with HIV (AIDS) are cared for. Delivering the opening remarks at the Treatment, Care and Support Annual Programme held virtually on Monday (September 20), under the theme “Retention for Optimisation”,  the State Minister said efforts are continuing...
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