The St. James Public Health Department has ramped up vector-control activities in the parish, following a spike in the Aedes aegypti Index since June. Speaking at the Disaster Preparedness, Hazard Mitigation and Safety Committee meeting of the St. James Municipal Corporation, on Thursday (July 18), Deputy Chief Public Health Inspector for St. James, Nadia Burgess, said increased rainfall has heightened...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dunstan Bryan, leads the congregation of Sts. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in St. Andrew in the singing of a hymn during Sunday’s (July 21) Healthcare Workers Appreciation Month National Church Service. The Month is being observed throughout July. This is the third year that the Month is being commemorated,...

The Westmoreland Health Department is taking steps to decrease the mosquito population across the parish, which has spiked since the recent passage of Hurricane Beryl. Chief Public Health Inspector for Westmoreland, Steve Morris, says the Department has received numerous complaints from across the parish, adding that “we are trying our best to respond”. “Members of the vector-control team have been...

The Westmoreland Municipal Corporation has donated a mosquito fogging machine to the parish’s Public Health Department to assist in its thrust to rid the parish of the vector. The device was obtained by the Corporation at a cost of more than $385,000. During the handover ceremony held at the Corporation’s offices in Savanna-la- Mar, Mayor of the town, Councillor Danree...

The National Works Agency (NWA) and National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) have been allocated $1.3 billion under the National Clean-Up Programme forming part of the Government’s Hurricane Beryl Relief and Recovery Efforts. Of the sum, $800 million will go to the NWA, with the remaining $500 million programmed for the NSWMA. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has enhanced its vector control programme to address the increase in the mosquito population since the passage of Hurricane Beryl, including the Aedes aegypti, which transmits the dengue virus. The measures, which were outlined by Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, today (July 18), include expanding the number of vector-control workers, increasing fogging...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has intensified fogging activities to rid communities of the mosquito nuisance since the passage of Hurricane Beryl. Medical Entomologist and National Programme Manager for Vector Control in the Ministry, Sherine Huntley Jones, told JIS News that fogging is being done every day, morning and evening, in communities across the island. She is imploring householders...