Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Hon. Christopher Tufton has expressed condolences on behalf of the team at the Ministry to the family and friends of nurse, Annette White-Best, who died of complications from the coronavirus. Ms. White-Best, who was 40 years-old, was assigned to the Percy Junor Hospital in Clarendon. “We mourn with her family members and friends, with...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says Jamaica is to receive its first shipment of 200,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday (August 17), with children and adolescents to be given priority access. This represents the first tranche of approximately 600,000 doses and will further bolster the Government’s coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination programme. Making the announcement during...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is assuring that there is a very low risk of persons having an adverse reaction to the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. “We are not here to say that vaccines are risk-less…there are concerns about vaccines and some of those concerns would be legitimate…[but] in general, the vaccines appear to be very, very safe,” he...

The Government is expected to make an announcement, shortly, regarding additional brands of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines being sourced for Jamaica. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said that details of the undertaking are expected to be outlined “in the next day or two”. These could include the Pfizer and Moderna brands, which have sparked public interest....

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has embarked on a new initiative to bolster the provision of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to member countries. The undertaking, being piloted through PAHO’s Revolving Fund Facility, aims to augment supplies being provided through existing arrangements where these are deemed inadequate. These include: the World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL NOTES Confirmed Cases 375 56,165   SEX CLASSIFICATION       Females 218 31,499   Males 157 24,663   Under Investigation 0 3   AGE RANGE 46 days to 98 years 1 day to 108 years             PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES       Clarendon 1 2,900  ...

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...