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Assistant Director, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa.
Assistant Director, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa.

PAHO Official Says COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Available First Half of 2021

Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, says an approved coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine could be available for distribution and administration during the first half of 2021. Speaking during PAHO’s COVID-19 digital briefing on Thursday (November...
Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left); and Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Donovan Williams, with a team of Community Health Aides during a tour of the Rae Town community in Kingston, on Wednesday (November 4). The Minister, along with the health team, observed surveillance activities in the area and distributed masks.
Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left); and Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Donovan Williams, with a team of Community Health Aides during a tour of the Rae Town community in Kingston, on Wednesday (November 4). The Minister, along with the health team, observed surveillance activities in the area and distributed masks.

Special Curfew Could Be Lifted in Rae Town Soon
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a ceremony for the handover of tablets to students of the Drews Avenue Primary and Infant School in St. Andrew on November 4.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a ceremony for the handover of tablets to students of the Drews Avenue Primary and Infant School in St. Andrew on November 4.

PM Urges Parents Not to Send Sick Children to Face-to-Face Classes
Director of the Good Samaritan Inn (GSI) and the GSI Foundation, Gavin Lowe (right), converses with Chairman of the charity, Dr. Eric Nathan (left); and Regional Director, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Maureen Golding, during the handover of medical equipment to SERHA on Tuesday (November 3), at the GSI
Director of the Good Samaritan Inn (GSI) and the GSI Foundation, Gavin Lowe (right), converses with Chairman of the charity, Dr. Eric Nathan (left); and Regional Director, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Maureen Golding, during the handover of medical equipment to SERHA on Tuesday (November 3), at the GSI's Geffrard Place address in St. Andrew. The items, valued at more than $5 million, were procured through private donation from Jamaica-born doctor and philanthropist, Dr. Pete Williams, who is based in the United States.

SERHA Gets Donation of Medical Supplies
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, emphasises a point while making a statement in the House of Representatives on November 3, at the Jamaica Conference Centre.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, emphasises a point while making a statement in the House of Representatives on November 3, at the Jamaica Conference Centre.

Health Ministry Inspects 236 Residential Facilities

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, gives a statement to the House of Representatives on November 3, at the Jamaica Conference Centre.
Health & Wellness

43 Persons at Golden Age Home Recover from COVID-19

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, is reporting that 43 of the 87 positive cases at the Golden Age Home in Vineyard Town, Kingston, have recovered from COVID-19. He made the disclosure during a statement to the House of Representatives on November 3, at the Jamaica Conference Centre. Emergency management protocols had to be triggered at...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), hands out face masks and hand sanitisers to residents in Moy Hall, St. James, on Friday, October 30.
Health & Wellness

Health Ministry to Assist Youth Groups in St. James to Make Masks

The Ministry of Health and Wellness will be collaborating with community youth groups in St. James on an outreach mask-making project as part of the nation’s coronavirus (COVID-19) response effort. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure during a COVID-19 youth consultation meeting in Moy Hall, St. James, on October 30. He pointed out...
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Coronavirus

Accreditation: Delivering Confidence to COVID-19 Testing

In recent weeks, there have been several articles/discussions in the media regarding the accreditation of private laboratories for COVID-19 testing. It is critical that we understand what accreditation is and how it impacts our medical testing laboratories and safeguard our health. As the national accreditation body of Jamaica, operating under the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), the Jamaica...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses public health officials at a Parish Management and Vector Control meeting held at the Falmouth Hospital in Trelawny recently.​
Health & Wellness

Dr. Tufton Urges Continued Vigilance against Dengue

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is urging Jamaicans not to lose sight of the threat of dengue fever, even as the country is battling the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “I don’t want a de-emphasis on vector management and control, even while we confront the COVID-19 pandemic, which we are currently placing dominance on,” he noted. Addressing...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton
Health & Wellness

Gov’t Taking Steps to Avert “Triple Threat” Virus Outbreak

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that the Government is taking the necessary steps to avert a possible ‘triple threat’ outbreak of dengue fever, the coronavirus (COVID 19) and the influenza across the island. Speaking at a digital press conference at the S Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James, recently, Dr. Tufton said that if there...
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