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Chief Public Health Inspector for Westmoreland, Steve Morris.

Westmoreland Health Department Resumes Food Handlers Clinic on June 15

The Westmoreland Health Department will be resuming its food handlers clinic on a phased basis effective Monday, June 15. The Ministry of Health and Wellness ordered the closure of food handlers training at clinics in March to mitigate the spread...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), participates in the breaking of ground for the construction of the $200 million, Buff Bay Health Centre, in Portland, on June 12. Others (from 2nd left) are: Member of Parliament for West Portland and Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz; Member of Parliament for Eastern Portland, Ann-Marie Vaz; and Health Promotion and Public Relations Manager at the National Health Fund (NHF), Shermaine Robotham.

Ground Broken for Buff Bay Health Centre

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), presents Bartender employed with the Barcode Training Academy, Monique Mohalland (2nd left) with a care package at the J Wray and Nephew Limited Farmers’ Market held on June 12 at the company’s Spanish Town Road offices. Looking on are Director of Marketing, Jamaica and the Caribbean, J Wray and Nephew Limited, Marsha Lumley (2nd right ) and Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Peter Thompson.

286 Bartenders Receive Assistance

Mr. Wentworth Charles, Board Chairman for SERHA

Message from Board Chairman, South East Regional Health Authority, Mr. Wentworth Charles on World Blood Donor Day

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness addressing a digital press conference held at the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre on June 12.

PM Announces Stay at Home for Returning Residents Measure

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Nationals and Non- Nationals Require Authorization Document to Travel to Jamaica

As of June 15, both nationals and non- nationals will require a travel authorization document in order to travel to Jamaica, under the new controlled entry programme. Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness made the announcement during a virtual press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre on Friday (June 12). Outlining how the new protocol...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), emphasises a point during a digital press conference on June 11. Listening is Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign Affairs

Jamaicans To Arrive From Trinidad And Tobago And Barbados Saturday

More Jamaicans are scheduled to arrive on flights from Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados on Saturday (June 13) as the Government works with Caribbean countries and regional airlines to bring nationals home. “We have now scheduled flights to bring Jamaicans home, not just students but all nationals who have been impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions and had flights cancelled...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. (FILE)

6 years ago CoronavirusTourism

Tourism Minister Says Industry Ready To Receive Visitors

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the industry is ready to receive the estimated 6,000 visitors who are expected to arrive in the island between June 15 and 30 as the Government begins phased reopening of the country’s borders. “On June 15, we will have seven flights that will come in. Between June 15 and 30 we expect 70...

Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, addresses a digital press conference at the Ministry

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessTourism

All 3,289 Repatriated Jamaicans Tested For COVID-19

All 3,289 Jamaican nationals who returned to the island between April 20 and June 10 under the protocol for controlled re-entry have been tested for the coronavirus (COVID-19). Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, gave the update during a digital press conference from the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ New Kingston offices on Thursday (June 11). She said those tested...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessTourism

Mandatory Testing For Tourists

Mandatory coronavirus (COVID-19) testing will be conducted on tourists when the country reopens to non-nationals on Monday, June 15. The confirmation came from Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, during the Ministry of Health and Wellness ‘Every One Counts’ COVID Conversations Digital Town Hall, held on Thursday (June 11). Minister Bartlett said testing of the visitors arriving from source markets,...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a digital press conference at his New Kingston offices on Thursday (June 11).

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Six New Cases Of COVID-19

Six persons have tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of cases in the island to 611 to date. At the same time, there was one additional recovery from the virus over the last 24 hours, putting the country’s overall recovery numbers at 408 or 66.8 per cent of those who have tested positive. Minister of Health...

Head of Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Her Excellency Malgorzata Wasilewska, speaks at the opening of a High-Dependency Unit (HDU) building at the St. Ann’s Bay Hospital recently.

6 years ago Foreign AffairsHealth & Wellness

EU Provides Grant To Strengthen Health System

The European Union (EU) has approved a grant of €10 million to finance a project, titled, ‘Health System Strengthening Programme’, which is expected to bolster Jamaica’s health sector. This disclosure was made by Head of the EU Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, at the recent opening of a Maternal and Neonatal High-Dependency Unit (HDU) at the St. Ann’s Bay...