GOJ Min 2 March 8

Elderly National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pensioners with vouchers bearing encashment dates for April 2020 will be able to get their payment for the entire month, as at March 30

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says the quarantine placed on the Seven and Eight Miles communities in Bull Bay, St. Andrew will be discontinued on Saturday, March 28.

Some 240 beds in hospitals across Jamaica have been identified for isolating patients diagnosed with COVID-19.

The Government will be increasing the delivery of food packages to the Seven and Eight Miles communities in Bull Bay, St. Andrew, which are currently under quarantine.

The Government has approved a 2.2 million US dollar contract for the purchase of protective equipment, as efforts continue to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19.

A third supplementary estimates is to be tabled in the House of Representatives on March 24 to reflect new budgetary changes regarding the government’s response to COVID 19.