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National Curfew hours to be adjusted; funeral restrictions extended to the rest of the island and National Works Agency to repair roadways following recent heavy rains.

Health and Wellness Ministry clears travel authorization backlog; Brown’s Hall in St. Catherine gets new health centre and only emergency matters being heard at St. Thomas parish court.

116 new cases of COVID-19 recorded, Health Minister says COVID-19 beds still available and flash flood warning remains in effect for all parishes.

The maximum payout to depositors under the Deposit Insurance Act (DIA) is being doubled from 600-thousand dollars to 1.2 million effective August 31.

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Mike Henry, is encouraging more organisations to adopt and use flexible work arrangements in light of the coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic.

On this edition of Jamaica House Weekly: Prime Minister tightens curfew across four parishes, announces extension to quarantine measures and signs political code of conduct.

Director of the National Laboratory Services, Dr. Michelle Hamilton says the backlog of COVID-19 samples has now been cleared. This after the arrival of a shipment of testing reagents earlier this week. Dr. Hamilton adds that adds that adequate stock is now in country to carry out testing from all the surveillance activities that will be required around the new positive cases.