Manpower & Maintenance Services Limited (MMS), on Wednesday October 14, donated some $350,000.00 worth of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and supplies to the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester. The items are: 1000 N-95 medical face masks, 1000 dust masks, 500 Nitrile gloves, one 55-gallon drum of hand sanitizer and one 55-gallon drum of alcohol, valued at $350,000.00. In handing over...

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This is based on the available scientific evidence, including in the New England Journal of Medicine (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2007764) that shows Remdesivir may be effective in the treatment of COVID-19. The drug has been shown to reduce the length of in-hospital stay by five (5) days, and to reduce mortality rates by four per cent (4%). However, the Ministry wishes to advise...

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test remains the “gold standard” for detecting coronavirus (COVID-19) infection. Speaking during the PAHO COVID-19 digital briefing on Wednesday (October 14), she said that while a multitude of diagnostic tests have flooded the market since the COVID-19 pandemic’s onset, citing many of them as “fast”...

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has commenced receiving supplies of the new revolutionary Rapid Antigen Test for detecting coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, which was recently unveiled by the World Health Organization (WHO). This was announced by PAHO Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, who advised that the regional entity has received “hundreds of thousands” of the tests, which were acquired utilising the...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has completed a survey that was conducted in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Wellness, to collate and analyse data on Jamaicans’ knowledge, attitudes and practices in relation to the coronavirus (COVID-19). STATIN’s Deputy Director General, Leesha Delatie-Budair, said that approximately 9,000 of the 17, 920 persons targeted participated in the exercise, which...

Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham, says persons experiencing respiratory symptoms must call the Ministry of Health and Wellness Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), so they can be tested for COVID-19 expeditiously. Dr. Graham, who was addressing the monthly meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation in Savanna-la-Mar on October 8, said that persons must remain vigilant, and contact...