Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced an extension of the islandwide curfew implemented to contain transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The existing hours of 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. will remain in place until the morning of June 14. Thereafter, the curfew will begin at 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. until June 30. Mr. Holness was...

An additional five persons will now be allowed to attend weddings, bringing the maximum number up to 15, as the Government continues to relax the coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who made the announcement during a virtual press briefing on Sunday (May 31), said that the 15 wedding attendees include the person officiating the ceremony....

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says grants totalling $3.6 billion have been transferred to persons applying for assistance under the Government’s COVID Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme. These recipients, Dr. Clarke says, include 337,000 of the 375,000 persons deemed eligible for Compassionate Grants, and 12,000 of 30,000 people qualifying for the...

As more Jamaicans return to their physical places of work today (June 1), the Ministry of Health and Wellness, through its ‘Every One Counts’ campaign, commenced the distribution of masks to members of the public as part of its coronavirus (COVID-19) control efforts. Through the initiative, which commenced at the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre in Kingston, more than 2,000 KN95...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that under the new ‘work safe, work smart’ order, which takes effect Monday (June 1), employers are required to implement the necessary measures to ensure that the physical distancing protocol is observed by employees, customers and visitors. He was speaking at a virtual press briefing on Sunday (May 31) at the Office...

As the ‘work safe, work smart’ order takes effect Monday (June 1), Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is encouraging employers to make allowances for certain categories of employees to continue working from home. These include persons with weakened immune systems, those with children and those who have a sick elderly person in their care. Those employees are encouraged...

As at Sunday (May 31), twenty-one more Jamaicans have recovered and have been released from insolation, as the number of recoveries in the island increase to 311. In the meantime, five (5) samples have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total confirmed COVID-19 cases in Jamaica to 586. The five new cases are imported cases...