The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) is reiterating its call for Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to be available for use across the island, especially in areas that have a high concentration of people. Senior Manager for Health Services at the HFJ, Noelle Campbell, told JIS News that it is very important for organisations that see a particular number of people...

As the country experiences a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, citizens of St. James are doubling their efforts to protect themselves and their families against the virus. Montego Bay resident, Shae Brown, told JIS News that she continues to observe and practise the COVID-19 safety protocols. “I am doing the recommended things that everyone should be doing, [including] sanitising,...

Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Colin Gager, says the Trelawny Municipal Corporation has been encouraging citizens of the parish to take the COVID-19 vaccine. “[Activities] are taking place in all nine divisions [of the parish]. We have been sending out town criers announcing the dates when the vaccine [is] available in each area, [and] we have been doing that around the...

Digital payment solutions facilitator, WiPay, will be providing COVID-19 relief grant support, totalling $4 million, to persons islandwide requiring assistance. Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Aldwyn Wayne, said the provision, which will be disbursed through Food For the Poor Jamaica, forms part of a larger undertaking involving other stakeholder interests. Mr. Wayne advised that the total value of the overall...

Effective immediately, public hospitals islandwide will be restricted to conducting emergency care services only. This comes as the public health facilities register continued increases in confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 infections that required hospitalisation. This has caused the facilities to exceed their COVID-19 isolation capacity. Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie, “Most hospitals are over the capacity of...

The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, has said that healthcare workers and vulnerable groups in Southwestern St. Elizabeth may benefit from digital grants as a result of partnering with payment facilitator, WiPay. The announcement was made during WiPay’s opening ceremony of its headquarters in New Kingston, yesterday (August 26). The Minister said the selection of the recipients...

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 605 64,899 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 339 36,669 Males 266 28,227 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 6 days to 100 years 1 day to 108 years   PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 13 3,287 Hanover 18 2,084 Kingston & St. Andrew 159 16,933 Manchester 34 4,356 Portland 5 1,780 St....