Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says $40 million has been approved by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service for a special support package for creative and athletic practitioners who have been adversely affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “This is good news for our sectors. The greatest assistance that we can provide to...

Day-care centres will be allowed to reopen for an initial two-week period, beginning Tuesday (July 21) as the Government continues to ease restrictions that were imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). This was announced by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, in a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 14)....

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, has called on member countries to maintain public health safeguards that have proven to be effective in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19), even while awaiting the development of a vaccine. She noted that since the onset of the pandemic, countries have put a number of measures in place to contain...

Come Tuesday (July 21), only senior citizens aged 75 and older will be required to remain indoors under the stay-at-home Order, which is in place to protect the most vulnerable from the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Government has relaxed the restriction of movement imposed on this group, raising the targeted age from 65 years. Minister of Local Government and Community Development,...

Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham, is calling on residents in the parish not to get complacent in protecting themselves against dengue fever. The dengue outbreak was declared over recently by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. Addressing the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation meeting on July 9 in Savanna-la-Mar, Dr. Graham said although the...

A state-of-the-art High-Dependency Unit (HDU) for neonatal and maternal care has been opened at the Bustamante Hospital for Children. The 4,359 square-foot facility, established at a cost of $315 million, provides specialised bed spaces for critically ill neonates. It comprises 10 beds (including two isolation rooms), a nurses’ station, one sluice room, a breastfeeding area and a restroom. It is...

Jamaica has recorded three new COVID-19 cases and 15 more recoveries as at Tuesday (July 14). This brings to 762 the total number of positives and to 643 the number of recoveries. The newly confirmed cases are all imported and are comprised of two females and one male. Their ages range from 27 to 55 years. Two of the cases...