Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, is reassuring the country’s healthcare workers that the Ministry of Health and Wellness is making every effort to ensure that they have adequate personal protective equipment (PPE). Speaking at the weekly virtual COVID Conversations press briefing on Thursday (August 27) in Kingston, the CMO expressed empathy with the healthcare workers, who are feeling...

In response to the upsurge in COVID -19 cases, health innovation company NovaMed has donated some 25,000 3-ply surgical-grade face masks to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, for distribution to frontline public healthcare workers. The donation was received by Executive Director of The Health for Life and Wellness Foundation, Courtney Cephas, on behalf of Minister of Health and Wellness,...

The Judiciary of Jamaica wishes to advise the public that the Western Regional Registry of the Supreme Court will be closed on Friday, August 28, 2020. The closure is to facilitate deep cleaning of the building, which the Registry shares with other tenants, as a result of exposure to COVID-19. The exposure did not occur inside the Registry; however, as...

The National Water Commission is reporting that it has two confirmed cases of COVID – 19: a water truck driver in Montego Bay in St. James and the other has been traced exclusively to the Transport Department in our Operations Division at Marescaux Road in St. Andrew. In keeping with the protocol published by the Ministry of Health and Wellness,...

As at Thursday (August 27), Jamaica recorded 66 new confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the total number of confirmed positives to 1,870. Thirty-five of the 66 newly confirmed cases are females and 31 are males, with ages ranging from seven years to 88 years. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, gave this update during the weekly...

The National Water Commission is advising that its Offices situated in Port Antonio, Portland will be closed on Friday, August 28, 2020 to facilitate deep cleaning and sanitisation of the office space. Normal office hours will resume on Monday, August 31, 2020. The Utility Company is noting that the activities are being undertaken as precautionary measures against possible exposure. The...

Director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Errol Greene, says work is expected to resume on the $5.7-billion Western Children and Adolescents Hospital in St. James, in short order. Work was halted on the 220-bed facility, which is being built on the grounds of the Cornwall Regional Hospital, due to the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19). In an interview...