Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham, is encouraging persons who have been vaccinated to continue practising the coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols as stipulated by the Government. “We are encouraging persons to maintain their COVID-19 compliance just as everyone else, in terms of your mask wearing, consistently and correctly covering the nose and the mouth, practising hand hygiene, cough...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says eight per cent of the targeted population has been inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine. Speaking at a virtual COVID Conversations press briefing on May 13, the Minister said that of the 1.924 million persons in the targeted population, only 146,147 Jamaicans have received their first dose of the vaccine....

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says local capacity to test for variant strains of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is to be established. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), we were in discussions with them around getting the gene sequence to identify variant strains in the population. I am told that has been approved, so we...

The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) has procured 50 sets of Pinel Restraints valued at J $8 million, to restrain mentally ill patients in a more compassionate manner for their safety and those around them. The restraints were acquired and allocated in March to the Authority’s five major hospitals (Mandeville Regional, May Pen, Black River, Percy Junor and Lionel Town...

The National Health Fund (NHF) has received pharmaceutical drugs valued at US$900,000 geared towards boosting inpatient and outpatient care across the island. This contribution to health care in Jamaica was made possible by Direct Relief in partnership with the Issa Trust Foundation. The donation which consisted of intravenous fluids and over 4,000 drug items to treat hypertension, cancer, hyperthyroidism was officially...

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 130 47,150 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 70 26,381 Males 60 20,766 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 3 years to 95 years 1 day to 108 years         PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 0 2,574 Hanover 2 1,256 Kingston & St. Andrew 41 13,301 Manchester 11...

Persons 50 years and older are now eligible to register to receive the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. This is down from the previous 60 years and older requirement. The announcement was made by the Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, during the weekly virtual COVID Conversations press briefing on Thursday (May 13). “We will continue to set...