Due to the high demand for the COVID-19 Vaccine, the Ministry of Health & Wellness wishes to advise the public that the following Blitz sites have reached their capacity for today, Tuesday, April 13, 2021:  National Arena in Kingston  Manchester High School  Sandals Inn (Kent Avenue), St James  All locations in Westmoreland For other locations, priority...

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL  NOTES Confirmed Cases 161 42,924 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 79 24,024 Males 82 18,897 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 2 years to 96 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES       Clarendon 10 2,368 Hanover 6 1,185 KSA 37 12,264 Manchester 3 2,552 Portland 8 1,389 St....

Director of Family Health Services at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Melody Ennis, is assuring the public that the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine does not impair or impede the body’s immune system to fight other illnesses. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Dr. Ennis explained that the vaccine operates to generate antibodies that are specific to a particular...

Medical Officer of Health, Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Marcia Johnson-Campbell, says there was a high take-up of the AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine at the vaccination blitz in Westmoreland on Sunday (April 11). Dr. Johnson-Campbell, who managed the mass vaccination site at the Sean Lavery Faith Hall in Savanna-la-Mar, told JIS News that the parish exceeded the 1,000 target...

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Government will be redoubling its efforts to push back against anti-vaccination crusaders, who continue to affect the rollout of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination programme. He said the anti-vaccination movement has become well resourced and has utilised alternative media to push the narrative “that somehow vaccination is bad for you”....

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 263 42,763 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 137 23,945 Males 126 18,815 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 32 days to 94 years 1 day to 108 years         PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 6 2,357 Hanover 4 1,178 Kingston & St. Andrew 79 12,226 Manchester 14...

The Ministry of Health & Wellness has announced that 10 vaccination blitz sites will operate until 8:00 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, April 12 and 13, 2021, as it aims to get as many Jamaicans inoculated with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. In the meantime, government workers have been added to the cohort of persons, who can receive...