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....

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is recommending that member countries adopt a phased approach to reopening schools for face-to-face learning in the 2021/22 academic year, in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says this approach should take into consideration the local epidemiological situation, which, she notes, “can change rapidly”. “Surveillance will be key to ensuring...

The heads of several faith-based organisations have endorsed the Government’s national coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination programme. In a show of support for the undertaking, several leaders from the Anglican, Roman Catholic, Church of God, Pentecostal, and Seventh-day Adventist denominations, among others, participated in the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ recent press conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, during...