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Medical Officer of Health for Trelawny, Dr. Diahann Dale, speaking recently at a Parish Management and Vector Control meeting at the Falmouth Hospital.

Trelawny Health Department Tackling Dengue

Medical Officer of Health for Trelawny, Dr. Diahann Dale, says the parish’s public health team is working feverishly to keep dengue fever at bay, while at the same time effectively managing the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking at a...

State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (left), in conversation with Records Clerk, the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS), Gregory McHargh (right), at a blood drive organised by the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS), in partnership with Massy United Insurance Limited, on Friday (November 6), at Pan Jam Investment Limited courtyard, in Kingston. Also at the event are Acting Director, National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS), Dr. Alisha Tucker (second left); and Branch Manager, Jamaica, Massy United Insurance Limited, Winsome Gibbs.

State Minister Calls On Jamaicans To Support The NBTS

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the Ministry's weekly virtual COVID-19 Conversations press briefing on Thursday (November 5).

59 COVID-19 Recoveries At Cornwall Courts

Jamaicans Must Exercise Greater Vigilance As Christmas Season Approaches

Health Ministry To Introduce Point-Of-Care Testing For Diabetes

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 UPDATE for Sunday, November 8, 2020

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 36 9,542 SEX CLASSIFICATION Males 16 4,323 Females 20 5,216 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 1 year to 73 years 1 day to 104 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES Clarendon 0 467 Hanover 4 161 Kingston & St. Andrew 5 3,345 Manchester...

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Residents Of St. Thomas Lauded For Their Role In Controlling COVID-19

Medical Officer of Health in St. Thomas, Dr. D’Oyen Smith, has lauded residents in St. Thomas for the critical role they played in helping to ensure that the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the parish was brought under control. The parish, which has seen some 400 cases since the pandemic hit Jamaica in March, experienced an outbreak in late July, but...

5 years ago Health & Wellness

CMO Advises Persons To Visit Doctor Instead Of Getting Tested On Their Own

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, is encouraging persons who suspect they may be infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) to first visit the doctor instead of getting tested on their own. “I recognise that many persons are going straight to some facilities to have testing done. They do not have an interaction with a doctor and so what is...

5 years ago Health & Wellness

Dr. Tufton Hails St. Thomas An Example Of Best Practice In Covid-19 Response

St. Thomas, which is seeing a major decline in active cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), after experiencing an outbreak earlier this year, is being hailed by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, as an example of a possible best practice in the national COVID-19 response. The parish, which has a population of just over 100,000 persons,...

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessTourism

Minister Bartlett Calls for Empathetic Leadership during COVID-19 Pandemic

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for global policymakers to implement a more empathetic leadership style, while also remaining cautiously optimistic about the future of the industry. The Minister was speaking yesterday at the A World for Travel virtual international event, which focused on the recovery and the development of global travel and...

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, responds to questions from journalists regarding the revised coronavirus (COVID-19) infection prevention and control protocols for the workplace, as well as other matters, during a digital press conference hosted by the Ministry of Health and Wellness in September. (FILE)

5 years ago CommunityCoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Communities Implored To Cooperate With Health Teams

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is imploring residents in communities that have been quarantined due to coronavirus (COVID-19) to cooperate with health teams in getting tested for the virus. Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, who made the appeal at the Ministry’s COVID-19 Conversations digital press conference, on November 5, noted that this is the key means of...

Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie..

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 Cases Trending Downwards

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is reporting that there has been a trending down in the number of new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country over the past month. Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, who made the announcement, noted that based on the epidemiological curve, there was a plateauing in positive cases over the month of...