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Health Ministry Will Monitor Persons Who Have Been Vaccinated
The Ministry of Health and Wellness will monitor persons who have been inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccines to determine whether there are any adverse reactions. On Monday (March 8), Jamaica received its first 50,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines, donated...
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14,400 Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines To Arrive Monday
The 14,400 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines, which Jamaica has procured under the COVAX Facility, are now scheduled to arrive in the island on Monday, March 15. The shipment was initially expected to arrive on or before March 11. “So next Monday, we will get our first shipment from COVAX and our second overall, which will allow us to continue...
COVID-19 Update for Thursday, March 11, 2021
NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 419 29,387 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 239 16,478 Males 180 12,906 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 7 months to 98 years 1 day to 104 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES Clarendon 28 1,622 Hanover 15 810 Kingston & St. Andrew 102 8,435 Manchester 18...
2,718 Persons Receive COVID-19 Vaccine On First Day
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has reported that 2,718 persons, or 83 per cent of those targeted to be inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine on the first day of activating the COVID-19 Vaccine Implementation Programme on Wednesday (March 10), received the vaccine. He was speaking at the weekly COVID Conversations virtual press briefing on Thursday...
One Year Later Jamaica At 28,968 COVID-19 Cases
One year after confirmation of the first coronavirus (COVID-19) case in Jamaica on March 10, 2020, the country has recorded 28,968 cases of the virus with 695 new cases confirmed in the previous 24 hours. This is according to a daily cumulative report for March 10, 2021 that is generated by the Health Emergency Operations Centre (HEOC) in the Ministry...
IDB Commits US$75 Million To Boost COVID-19 Response
Jamaica’s capacity to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been further boosted through a US$75-million loan commitment from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). An IDB communiqué on Thursday (March 11) indicated that the provision is earmarked to strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of public policy and fiscal management, in response to the health and economic crises resulting from COVID-19. The...
Jamaica To Receive Vaccines Through COVAX Over Next Few Weeks
Jamaica is among at least seven countries that are slated to receive nearly 2.3 million doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines through the World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) facility, over the next few weeks. Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, said that the provision forms part of the 28.7 million doses scheduled for delivery...
