All beaches and water attractions have been ordered closed for the Easter weekend as the Government ramps up measures to contain the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement at a digital press conference at Jamaica House, on Wednesday (April 8). Mr. Holness said he is aware that many Jamaicans were looking...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Commissioner of Customs, Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), Velma Ricketts Walker, is assuring customers in the local and international trading community that Jamaica is still open for business, despite the advent of the coronavirus (COVID-19). “Business continues and we are putting every single apparatus and measure in place to ensure that this is happening,” she said,...

The Government yesterday (April 8) received 29 ventilators valued at approximately €1 million from the European Union (EU), to support patients who need intensive care in hospitals and to treat patients infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19). They will be distributed to hospitals across the island. Of the total, six are small mobile ventilators. The units were handed over to Minister...

The Government has adjusted the curfew Order for Jamaica, in the effort to reduce the transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The adjusted hours of the curfew are – From 8:00 p.m. tonight (Wednesday, April 8) to 6:00 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday, April 9); from 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 9 to 7:00 a.m. on Friday, April 10; from Friday, April 10...

Companies and individuals who wish to make donations to beneficiaries of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) can do so by contacting the entity’s locations across the island. About 500 adolescent and expectant mothers have been affected by the closure of the centres due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange,...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Government anticipates an increase in confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19). “We anticipate that there is going to be a surge. The extent of that surge is a function of how we manage what information we have and can discern and the process of containment and treatment,” Dr....

The Minister of Health and Wellness will be donating 100,000 N95 masks to private practitioners to support their work in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure on Tuesday (April 7), during a digital press conference at the Ministry’s office in New Kingston. The N95 masks are designed to filter out...