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Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie, speaks at a Digital Press Conference, held at the Ministry of Health and Wellness on March 25.
Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie, speaks at a Digital Press Conference, held at the Ministry of Health and Wellness on March 25.

Jamaica Gets Material To Conduct 3,000 COVID-19 Tests

The Government has received material to do about 3,000 coronavirus (COVID-19) tests from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Speaking at a Digital Press Conference at the Ministry of Health and Wellness in New Kingston on March 25, Chief Medical...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point during a digital town hall for senior citizens on Wednesday (March 25).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point during a digital town hall for senior citizens on Wednesday (March 25).

Elderly To Benefit Under COVID-19 Stimulus Package
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (at podium), emphasizes a point while delivering the closing presentation in the 2020/21 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (March 24). Seated are: Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (at podium), emphasizes a point while delivering the closing presentation in the 2020/21 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (March 24). Seated are: Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness.

Multi-Billion Dollar Care Programme For Workers, Small Businesses
Senior Dietitian at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital in Westmoreland, Asha-Gaye Graham-Thompson.
Senior Dietitian at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital in Westmoreland, Asha-Gaye Graham-Thompson.

Jamaicans Encouraged To Boost Immune System To Fight COVID-19
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, emphasises a point while closing the 2020/21 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 24. In the background is Minister without portfolio for Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, emphasises a point while closing the 2020/21 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 24. In the background is Minister without portfolio for Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson.

Gov’t Prepared To Make Additional Provisions To Curtail COVID-19

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point during a digital town hall for senior citizens on Wednesday (March 25).
CommunityCoronavirusHealth & WellnessOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PM Says Government Safeguarding Health Of Seniors

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Order requiring senior citizens to stay at home is aimed at protecting the older population, who are most vulnerable to the coronavirus (COVID-19), suffering the worst impacts of the disease. The Prime Minister, on Monday (March 23), said that senior citizens 75 and over are to stay at home for 14...
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Professor of Public Health and Ageing at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Professor Denise Eldemire-Shearer speaking at the Digital Town Hall for Senior Citizens on Wednesday (March 25).
CommunityCoronavirusHealth & WellnessOffice of the Prime Minister

Elderly Advised To Take Precautions Against COVID-19

Professor of Public Health and Ageing at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Professor Denise Eldemire-Shearer, is imploring senior citizens to do all that is necessary to ensure that they do not contract the coronavirus (COVID-19). She pointed out that the elderly are more susceptible to the virus and are at a greater risk of severe illness. “In...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a digital press conference on Wednesday (March 25) at the Ministry in New Kingston.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

26 COVID-19 Cases In Jamaica

Jamaica has confirmed one additional case of the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total to 26 to date. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said that the latest case was confirmed over the last 24 hours. He said that the patient is a 70-year-old male from Clarendon,“who is the son-in-law of the one person who is deceased...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.
CoronavirusHealth & WellnessLocal Government

Health Ministry Warns Businesses About Spraying Customers With Unknown Substances

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is strongly appealing to businesses to desist from spraying customers’ hands with unknown solutions in bottles, prior to allowing them to enter their establishments. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Director for the Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services Branch at the Ministry, Dr. Nicole Dawkins-Wright, said the practice is wrong and may...
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CoronavirusDevelopmentHealth & WellnessLocal Government

UDC’s COVID-19 Operational Changes Continue

The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) wishes to advise the public that its daily operations for business at its Corporate Head Office and Subsidiaries, the St. Ann Development Company (SADCo) and Ocho Rios Commercial Centre (ORCC), will remain closed to the public in response to the ongoing threat of COVID-19. Critical activities including tenant and customer support as well as security,...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (at podium), emphasizes a point while delivering the closing presentation in the 2020/21 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (March 24). Seated are: Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness.
EducationFinance & Public ServiceHealth & Wellness

Additional $1 Billion For PATH

The Government will be channelling an additional $1 billion into the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) to increase cash grants to beneficiaries. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, made the announcement as he closed the 2020/21 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 24. He informed that persons who...
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