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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), talks with citizens awaiting vaccination at the Grange Hill High School in Westmoreland on Thursday ( September 2). He was visiting vaccination sites and engaging in community sensitisation sessions in the parish.

Health Minister Encouraged By Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Take-Up

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says he is encouraged by the increasing number of persons taking the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Dr. Tufton said this demonstrated that the message of the vaccine’s effectiveness against the virus,...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses persons waiting to get the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine at Grange Hill High School in Westmoreland on Thursday (September 2). The occasion was a sensitisation tour of communities and visits to vaccination sites in the parish by Ministry officials.

Construction Of Field Hospital In Westmoreland To Begin Shortly

Principal Director, National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Lovette Byfield, speaking during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency's head office in Kingston on Wednesday (September 1).

Gender-Based Violence Among 2021 Reproductive Health Survey Indicators

COVID-19 Update for Thursday, September 2, 2021

Director of Emergency Cardiac Care at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica Dr. Hugh Wong, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Cardiac-ready communities. Photo: Mark Bell

HFJ Aiming To Create Cardiac-Ready Communities

Prime Minister, The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a virtual press conference on Wednesday (September 1). Photo: Donald De La Haye

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

MOHW To Get Private-Sector Help In Vaccination Programme

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says a strategy to expand and ramp up the national vaccination programme is being developed with the assistance of key stakeholders. The plan, he said, will be put into operation by the Ministry of Health and Wellness in collaboration with the other entities. Noting that increasing the number of vaccinations among the population...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), interacts with youth at the Isaac Barrant Centre of Excellence health facility in St. Thomas, yesterday (September 1), who were waiting to get the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.

5 years ago Coronavirus

Gov’t Looking To Bolster COVID-19 Vaccine Take-Up In Communities

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced plans by the Government to recruit 40 persons in each of the 63 constituencies to assist in driving greater coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine take-up in communities. Mr. Holness said the individuals, who would be vaccinated, will be employed on a temporary basis to work with members of Parliament (MPs) and community leaders,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking during a virtual press conference on Wednesday (September 1).

5 years ago Coronavirus

Work-From- Home Arrangement Extended To September 17

The existing work-from-home arrangement stipulated for the public sector due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been extended to September 17, 2021. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement during a digital press conference on Wednesday (September 1), where he outlined updates on COVID-19 containment measures. “I, again, urge permanent secretaries and heads of agencies to strictly...

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 Update for Wednesday, September 1, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 572 69,054 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 315 39,057 Males 257 29,994 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 17 days to 97 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES Clarendon 25 3,475 Hanover 14 2,261 Kingston & St. Andrew 167 17,594 Manchester 67 4,627 Portland...

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Relief Found for Oxygen Shortage

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness says additional oxygen concentrators are being procured to assist in shoring up supplies in the health system. “We are on the path to increasing the number of oxygen concentrators…through sources overseas working through our Ambassador and our Consul-General in New York, we have at this point secured close to 80 (to) 90 oxygen...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing a virtual press conference on Wednesday (September 1).

5 years ago Coronavirus

No-Movement Days Extended

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced that the no-movement days will continue for another two weeks, in a bid to curb the latest surge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. He advised that the days would include Sunday, September 5; Monday, September 6; Tuesday, September 7; Sunday, September 12; Monday, September 13; and Tuesday, September 14. The Prime Minister...

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Region Needs More Vaccines – PAHO

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says 540 million additional doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines are required to ensure that all member countries can inoculate at least 60 per cent of their populations. Speaking during PAHO’s COVID-19 digital briefing on Wednesday (September 1), Dr. Etienne said more than one-third of countries in the Americas have yet to...