The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) says the region continues to adequately safeguard the well-being of vector-control workers as they work to destroy mosquito breeding sites, in the face of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In an interview with JIS News, Regional Vector Control Officer at the WRHA, Ryan Morris, informed that each worker is supplied with vital protective equipment to...

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 71 8,445 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Males 31 3,780 Females 40 4,648 Under Investigation 0 17 AGE RANGE  2 years to 91 years 1 day to 104 years         PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 4 442 Hanover 1 111 Kingston & St. Andrew 15 2,994 Manchester 3...

The Ministry of Health & Wellness, with the support of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, is conducting expedited testing for COVID-19 at the Golden Age Home in Vineyard Town, Kingston. This follows the discovery of a cluster of cases at the facility. The cluster was uncovered as part of the Health Ministry’s ongoing islandwide surveillance of senior...

Members of the public now have more opportunity to donate blood, as the blood collection centre at the National Chest Hospital is back to full time operation. The centre located at 36 ½ Barbican Road Kingston 6 will now observe opening hours from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday to Friday and on Saturdays 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The...

The Westmoreland Health Department is embarking on targeted interventions aimed at influencing behaviour change as part of the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Health Promotion and Education Officer, Gerald Miller, told JIS News that the move comes out of the recent findings of a Knowledge and Attitude Survey conducted among operators of public passenger vehicles (PPV). He said that the...

Government Senator and breast cancer survivor, Dr. Saphire Longmore, has renewed her call for women not to delay screening for breast cancer. Sharing her experience with the disease during the MistyBlue Cancer Care Foundation’s teleconference on October 14, held in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), the Senator explained that screening is very important in helping to detect breast...

Clinical Coordinator at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), in St. James, Dr. Delroy Fray, is crediting the staff at the facility for their efforts in keeping the COVID-19 death rate low in the parish so far. In an interview with JIS News, Dr. Fray said that caring for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging; however, the staff members at...