With the increased supply of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines in the island, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is again appealing for more Jamaicans to get inoculated. “We are not quite at 10 per cent of the population fully vaccinated but we are heading there.  We have enough vaccines now and enough vaccines scheduled to come; please go out and...

Approximately 40.5 million doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines have so far been donated to Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. PAHO Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, said that approximately 79 per cent of these are direct bilateral donations, with the remaining 21 per cent being channelled through the World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVID-19 Vaccines...

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, says the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines have proven to be effective against variants of the virus and is appealing for persons to take the jab to protect themselves, their loved ones, and others. She told JIS News that while it is possible for vaccinated persons to contract the virus, the vaccine is “very effective...

Senior Medical Officer, Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH), Dr. Garth McDonald (left); Director of Nursing Services, VJH, Elise Fairweather-Blackwood (2nd left); and Deputy Matron, VJH, Andrea Dawkins-Powell (right), receive a donation of appliances from the Women Without Blemish Ministry of the Liberty for Living Ministries International at the hospital in Kingston recently. Handing over the items are President of Women Without...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is assuring the nation that the Government has no plans to make coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination mandatory. “As it stands now, and we have discussed it in Cabinet, the Government is not thinking about, nor inclined to mandate any vaccines. In fact, we don’t believe that is something that would meet the constitutional test,”...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says that no permits have been approved for the staging of entertainment events. “The Municipal Corporations and the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) cut off accepting and considering applications from the 9th of this month,” he indicated. “So, there is no approval for any event of any...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 334 55,790 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 204 31, 281 Males 130 24,506 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 4 months to 92 years 1 day to 108 years         PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 24 2,899 Hanover 9 1,637 Kingston & St. Andrew 82 15,214...