Unicomer (Courts) Jamaica Limited is the latest company to lend its support in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19), with the donation of 20 state-of-the-art hospital beds to the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The beds, which are valued at $3.5 million, were handed over on Friday (May 8), at the Unicomer Distribution Centre in Kingston. In his address at...

As the country deals with stemming the spread of  the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Ministry of Health and Wellness is encouraging Jamaicans to engage in physical activity to preserve their health.                In an interview with JIS News, Senior Health Education Officer at the Ministry, Charmaine Plummer, said this is recommended for the complete physical well-being of individuals....

Jamaica is ranked first out of 14 Caribbean countries in terms of the overall number of tests administered for the coronavirus (COVID-19).  This was disclosed by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, who commended healthcare professionals for the critical role they play in facilitating the country’s increased testing capacity. He was speaking at a digital press...

The European Union (EU) will be making a second donation of medical supplies and equipment to Jamaica in support of the country’s efforts to tackle the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This was announced by Head of the EU Delegation in Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, in a statement to mark Europe Day 2020. Ambassador Wasilewska said that the items include monitors, infusion...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says infirmaries have been assessed and provisions are being made to ensure their responsiveness to any possibility of COVID-19. He was speaking at a meeting of the Special Select Committee of Parliament on COVID-19, on Thursday (May 7). “We have had discussions around using the mobile units to do testing...

A total of four hundred and twenty-one (421) samples were tested in the last 24 hours at the National Influenza Centre and the National Public Health Laboratory. Ninety-nine (99) samples were repeat tests for persons-of-interest and patients in quarantine and isolation respectively, while three hundred and twenty-Two (322) were new samples. Jamaica has now tested 6,417 with 5,887 negatives and...

Employees of the Alorica call centre in Portmore, St. Catherine, are being asked to notify the health authorities about household members at greater risk of being severely impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19). This is against the background of an outbreak of the virus at the business process outsourcing company (BPO), which has seen 221 of the entity’s 787 workers, and...