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Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.
Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.

Residents In Westmoreland Encouraged To Remain Vigilant In Fight Against COVID-19

Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller, has renewed the call for residents to remain vigilant in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19), even as the Government has relaxed the curfew hours in the parish....
Health Ministries Director for the Central Jamaica Conference (CJC) of Seventh-day Adventists, Deon Bent Henry (left), converses Awith doctors and personnel from the Indian High Commission in Jamaica, at a medical camp staged by the High Commission at the H.S. Walters Health Centre on Old Harbour Road, St. Catherine, on Sunday (January 31).
Health Ministries Director for the Central Jamaica Conference (CJC) of Seventh-day Adventists, Deon Bent Henry (left), converses Awith doctors and personnel from the Indian High Commission in Jamaica, at a medical camp staged by the High Commission at the H.S. Walters Health Centre on Old Harbour Road, St. Catherine, on Sunday (January 31).

Indian High Commission’s Medical Camps To Become Annual Event
High Commissioner of India to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui (left), in discussion with Dr. Narasimha Yekreddu, at a medical camp hosted by the High Commission, Sunday (January 31), at the Constant Spring Library, 5 Cassava Piece Road, Kingston 8. Seated at right is a patient who visited the camp.
High Commissioner of India to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui (left), in discussion with Dr. Narasimha Yekreddu, at a medical camp hosted by the High Commission, Sunday (January 31), at the Constant Spring Library, 5 Cassava Piece Road, Kingston 8. Seated at right is a patient who visited the camp.

Indian High Commission Hosts Medical Camp In St. James
Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)
Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)

Jamaica Among 36 PAHO Countries Notified Of Estimated Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines They Could Receive
High Commissioner of India to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui (right), speaks with Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (centre), at a medical camp hosted by the High Commission of India, Sunday (January 31), at the Constant Spring Library, 5 Cassava Piece Road, Kingston 8. At left is Head of the Chancery, Indian High Commission, Girish Juneja.
High Commissioner of India to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui (right), speaks with Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (centre), at a medical camp hosted by the High Commission of India, Sunday (January 31), at the Constant Spring Library, 5 Cassava Piece Road, Kingston 8. At left is Head of the Chancery, Indian High Commission, Girish Juneja.

India’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui at Medical Camp

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Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.
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Front-Line Tourism Workers Could Be Among First For COVID-19 Vaccine – Minister

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