Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaica’s business process outsourcing (BPO) industry has recorded a 15 per cent increase in employment, despite the economic fallout resulting from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.  Speaking during the opening...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is urging persons who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19) to maintain strict adherence to the stipulated protocols and safeguards.  He says while inoculation will help in reducing the...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is expressing concern that the n-coronavirus (COVID-19) positivity rate in Jamaica has been increasing over recent weeks. The positivity rate refers to the number...

United States (US) Congresswoman, Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, says that the Biden Administration is working through logistical and legal matters to begin distributing vaccines to Jamaica and other CARICOM countries.  Congresswoman Jackson Lee, who was addressing a virtual town hall hosted by Jamaica’s Ambassador to...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL   NOTES Confirmed Cases 144 51,686   SEX CLASSIFICATION       Females 83 28,939   Males 61 22,744   Under Investigation 0 3...

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says the COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Regional Network has been instrumental in tracking the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) across the Americas....

The genome sequencer that is being acquired by government to enhance the country’s capacity to test for variant strains of the n-coronavirus locally, should be on the island shortly. The equipment is being...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL   Confirmed Cases 138 51,542   SEX CLASSIFICATION       Females 85 28,856   Males 53 22,683   Under Investigation 0 3  ...