Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Government is finalising arrangements for the implementation of the $25-billion stimulus package, which includes a $10-billion coronavirus (COVID-19) contingency provision. This will provide support for individuals and entities that have been or are likely to be adversely impacted by COVID-19. “Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, and Minister of Finance and the...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has informed that although there is an adequate supply of protective equipment in inventory for front-line medical staff, additional supplies are slated to arrive in the island shortly. “Yesterday (April 1), we had a meeting with the executive of the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ). The Prime Minister chaired the...

The National Influenza Centre has advised that of the five pending test results from yesterday (April 1), two samples have tested negative while three are positive for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). This brings the total number of cases in Jamaica to 47. The new cases are: A couple from St Elizabeth with a travel history from New York, with...

As the Government ramps up the effort to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), municipal corporations across the country will be provided with some funding to assist with continued sanitisation within market districts. This was disclosed by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, during a digital town hall meeting on Tuesday (March 31). “We...

The Ministry of Local Government of Community Development carried out extensive sanitisation activities at the St. James Infirmary on Wednesday (April 1). The parish’s municipal corporation spearheaded the day's activities in partnership with the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management Limited, Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (Forth Battalion), among others. Secretary of the...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says social distancing must be practised at all markets in St. Catherine. He is urging the Mayor of Spanish Town to ensure that the message is repeated at the Spanish Town, Linstead and Old Harbour Markets. “One of the problems with our markets is that they are open and because...

The community of Portland Cottage in Clarendon is now being closely watched by the Government, as 50 households have been placed under the radar, after two residents from the community tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). Those two cases are among six new cases that have pushed the number of confirmed cases in the island to 44. Three of them...