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Over 400 Samples Tested in 24 Hour period -10 New Positives and 1 More Recovery

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...

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie, highlights a point while fielding questions from media personnel during a digital press conference on Wednesday (May 6).

Alorica Workers Urged To Notify Health Ministry About Vulnerable Family Members

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left) and European Union (EU) Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Malgorzata Wasilewska, examine a mobile ventilator during a handover ceremony for 29 ventilators, on the grounds of Medical Link Limited, located at 14A Cargill Avenue, in St. Andrew, on April 8. The ventilators, valued at approximately €1 million, were handed over to the Government by the European Union to help in the fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Observing (from left) are Ambassador of Spain to Jamaica, His Excellency Josep Maria Bosch, and Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Dr. Wayne Henry.

EU Supports Region To Fight COVID-19

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, addresses a virtual press conference on Wednesday (May 6), at the Ministry of Health and Wellness' offices in New Kingston

89 Children And Teens Have Contracted COVID-19

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking during a virtual press conference on Wednesday (May 6) from the Ministry's office in New Kingston.

Gov’t Further Expands COVID-19 Testing

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Provisions Being Made For Infirmaries To Respond To COVID-19

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...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessOffice of the Prime Minister

Quarantine of Communities in St. Mary

The Ministry of Health and Wellness in collaboration with the National Emergency Operating Centre at the ODPEM has reviewed the situation in St. Mary this morning. In consultation with the Local Health Authority, North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA), a Quarantine of areas in the parish of St. Mary comprising Dover, Enfield and Annotto Bay (the Communities) (as specifically identified...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessIndustry

28 BPO Entities Pass Ministry Of Health Inspection

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that 28 of the 96 business process outsourcing (BPO) entities operating on the island have passed inspection. “The remaining institutions have been provided with work plans to improve their infection prevention and control measures,” Dr. Tufton said at a virtual press conference at the Ministry’s office in Kingston on...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), speaks to a senior citizen, who is among 120 Jamaicans, who returned from the United Kingdom on Wednesday (May 6). The Minister was at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston to welcome the Jamaicans home.

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign Affairs

Gov’t Brings 120 Jamaicans Home

One hundred and twenty Jamaicans who were stranded in the United Kingdom (UK) are now back on local soil through the assistance of the Government. A TUI chartered Boeing 787 aircraft with the passengers aboard landed at 5:39 p.m. on Wednesday (May 6) at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. A total of 124 persons were approved for the...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Dr. Tufton Says Health Ministry Welcomes COVID-19 Audit

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has welcomed the Auditor General’s interest in auditing funds that have been spent by the Ministry in the country’s fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). He said that the audit is important in ensuring transparency and accountability. Last Friday (May 1), the Ministry disclosed that it has so far spent $2.5...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks at a COVID-19 virtual press conference on Wednesday (May 6), at the Ministry, in Kingston.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Jamaica Records Five New Cases Of COVID-19

Jamaica has recorded five new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) within the last 24 hours, bringing the total number to 478. The update was given by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, on Wednesday (May 6), during the COVID-19 virtual press briefing, held at the Ministry’s head office, in Kingston. He also reported that eight more...

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign AffairsHealth & Wellness

PAHO Head Urges Caution In Relaxing COVID-19 Restrictions

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa Etienne, is urging caution by member countries that are looking to ease coronavirus (COVID-19) safeguards in order to facilitate the phased resumption of economic activities. Addressing a digital media briefing on Tuesday (May 5), Dr. Etienne noted that there is now “growing debate” about when countries can start to reopen...