Jamaica’s National Emergency Response Team has been activated to coordinate and support the country’s response to the current outbreak of the Chikungunya virus. At the same time the government has allocated an additional $150 million to the Chikungunya response, which includes a massive clean-up campaign aimed at destroying and removing mosquito breeding sites. The information came out of a technical...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller this afternoon (October 1) convened a special meeting at Jamaica House to review the threat of the Ebola virus and assess the government’s response to the outbreak of the Chikungunya virus. The Ministry of Health has heightened surveillance at all ports of entry and health facilities. This includes assigning additional staff to screen and assess...

The Ministry of Local Government & Community Development acknowledges the important role it plays in any national response to the spread of the Chikungunya Virus. Portfolio Minster, the Hon. Noel Arscott convened an inter-ministerial meeting with Minister of Health, the Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, and Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, the Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, all Mayors and Secretary Managers on...

My fellow Jamaicans,   Since July, we have been battling an increase in the incidence of cases of fever with pain, among them individuals affected by the chikungunya virus. As a citizen of this country and the Minister of Health I am very concerned about this and commit to you that the Ministry will continue to do all it can...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, is appealing to medical practitioners in private practice to report all suspected cases of Chikungunya (CHIKV) to the Ministry. Dr. Ferguson made the appeal at a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday (September 24), where he said that many private doctors were not reporting the suspected cases, which is posing a challenge to the...

Jamaica passes 5th IMF test, Health Minister appealing to private medical practitioners to report suspected cases of the chikungunya virus and House approves bill to introduce flexible work arrangements.

JAPEX 2014 to Boost Business for Local Tourism Interests, Tourism ministry sensitizing industry players about Chikungunya virus and  32 schools record improved performance.

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, is calling on all Jamaicans to come together and designate a day to undertake community clean-up activities. He pointed out that the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which transmit the Chikungunya virus, breeds in and around areas where people gather, so the school, home, church and business places should be a part of this clean-up....

Residents in and around the town of Black River, in St. Elizabeth, will be updated on many health issues, including Chikungunya, at a public forum on Thursday, September 18. The forum will be held at the St. Elizabeth Parish Library, in Black River, commencing at 4:30 p.m., and is part of a series of Town Hall meetings that the Southern...

The Ministry of Health has responded to reports that a high level of staff absenteeism at the Yallahs Primary School in St. Thomas is related to the mosquito-borne Chikungunya Virus. Although no breeding sites were identified during Tuesday’s inspection of the school compound, the Ministry of Health fumigated the area on Wednesday, September 17 as an additional precautionary measure. The...

School feeding programme to be strengthened; KSAC joins Ministry of Health’s chikungunya public education campaign and PCJ committed to securing affordable energy supply.

600 million dollars to be spent on welfare-to-work programme, Health Ministry urges persons to avoid self-diagnosis for Chikungunya virus and members of Clowns without Borders currently in Jamaica.