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Eight additional private organizations across the island have been engaged by the Health and Wellness Ministry to administer COVID-19 vaccines.

The first phase of construction of a transitional facility for the homeless in Kingston and St. Andrew is now 95 per cent complete.

President of the Lupus Foundation of Jamaica, Dr. Desiree Tulloch-Reid, is calling for increased awareness of the disease, which can lead to early detection and access to treatment.

The Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) in the Gender Ministry will mark International Day of Rural Women (IDRW), observed globally on October 15, with a Rural Women Achievers Award ceremony.

The Jamaican diaspora in the United States have been showing support to the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Adopt-a-Clinic programme, with several clinics adopted by Diaspora groups to date.

Six new Domestic Violence Intervention Centres are set to be opened in the parishes of St. Catherine, St. Mary, St. Ann, St. Elizabeth, Clarendon, and Westmoreland by the end of October 2021.

With current voter ID cards set to expire on December 31, 2021, Director of Elections at the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ), Glasspole Brown, is calling on Jamaicans to apply for the renewal of their cards.

The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) will begin the distribution of new Voter Identification (ID) cards on October 11. Registered voters who applied for the renewal of their cards will be able to collect the new IDs at EOJ constituency offices islandwide.

Submissions are now being accepted for the national Young Inventors & Innovators Competition, being staged by The Scientific Research Council (SRC) in partnership with the Association of Science Teachers of Jamaica (ASTJ).

Electricity service is set to be regularised in sections of St. Andrew through a nine-million-dollar electrification programme being undertaken by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) in partnership with Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) and the Local Government Ministry.

If you have been wondering if the country has an adequate supply of COVID-19 vaccines available at the moment, Health and Wellness Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton says ‘yes’.

As we continue to navigate this pandemic and work collectively towards a return to normalcy, Prime Minister, Andrew Holness is calling on more Jamaicans to become ‘Vaccine Heroes’ and support the Government’s drive to get citizens vaccinated against COVID-19.