NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 326 54,165 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 177 30,326 Males 149 23836 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 78 days to 99 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES Clarendon 13 2,838 Hanover 12 1,554 KSA 67 14,838 Manchester 55 3,371 Portland 0 1,620 St. Ann 31 3,718 St. Catherine 51...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says that preparations are in high gear to mark the country’s 60th anniversary of Independence in 2022.   “We are already on our way with the Jamaica 60 logo, which was selected through a competition,” she said in a video message aired at the National Emancipation and Independence thanksgiving service held...

More than 200 elderly persons and shut-ins from Middle Quarters and its environs in St. Elizabeth were treated to a warm meal and care packages recently by the Middle Quarters Community Development Committee (CDC).  President of the Middle Quarters CDC, Stashauna Burnett, told JIS News that the initiative was in response to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine provides a “ray of hope” for faster recovery and a return to normalcy as soon as possible.     As such, he is appealing for all eligible Jamaicans, to take the vaccine.  The Prime Minister was speaking to journalists at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Friday (July...

A study on front-of-package labeling (FOPL) in Jamaica has found that octagonal warning labels perform best in helping local consumers make healthier food choices. Octagonal warnings were the easiest to use and understand by persons choosing food and drink products at supermarkets across nine parishes throughout the country during the information gathering process. Consumers showed that the octagonal warning labels...

Director of Family Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Melody Ennis, is encouraging persons to report any adverse events from the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines. “We continue to collect information from the field, we do encourage persons to report adverse events. We do recommend that persons come in to us so that we can assess them, we...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, says that the crisis of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) must be seen as an economic problem and a challenge for development more broadly. He said that the household burden of NCDs has pushed a significant number of people globally into poverty, noting that it has also affected labour productivity and the...