Effective Tuesday (July 21), sports bars will be allowed to reopen their doors for business. This was announced by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, who said these venues will be conditionally opened until July 31. The Government had ordered the closure of these establishments, as part of measures to control the spread of the coronavirus...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Ministry will be employing 1,200 community health aides to assist in the continued fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) islandwide. He said expansion of the programme is critical, as the workers will assist in providing information to citizens about their role in infection prevention and control. The Minister was...

The COVID-19 Economic Recovery Task Force submitted its report (the “Report”) to Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness last week and the report has been tabled in the House of Representatives today. The Task Force which consisted of ministers of government, members of the public sector, civil society, union and business leaders, was appointed to develop recommendations that can...

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says the entity is actively involved in negotiations to secure the best arrangements for regional member countries to access adequate supplies of a vaccine for the coronavirus (COVID-19), when one is developed. This is being done under the World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) Facility. The COVAX Facility...

The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) Jamaica country office handed over a large consignment of N95 respirators to the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) at a ceremony held in Kingston. The donation of 5,600 N95 masks to MOHW Jamaica was made possible through a Caribbean-wide partnership between PAHO and the Caribbean Confederation of Credit Unions (CCCU). As part of...

Jamaica has recorded one new COVID-19 case and eight more recoveries as at Monday (July 13). This brings to 759 the total number of positives and to 628 the total number of recoveries. The newly confirmed case is a 69 year-old female of a Kingston and St. Andrew address.This is an imported case, who came into the island via a...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says some 107 additional community health aides (CHAs) will be employed to assist in the continued fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in St. James. "What we have done as a government is to hire an additional 1,000 community health aides. In this parish, we are slated to hire 107....