Tag Archives: Jamaica

One of the things that has resulted in a number of fatalities around the world since the Covid-19 disease, has been the lack of ventilators to help patients to breathe, and now locally produced ventilators, 3-D printed masks, face shields and other protective gears could become available for the health care …

There is a small hemispheric club that includes Jamaica, El Salvador, Peru and others that responded early to the Covid-19 Pandemic, with forceful measures that seemed excessive at the time but days after proved to be the right thing to do, for other Countries who failed to act early faced …

Watch as Jamaica’s top officials inform the country on steps that will be made going forward amidst COVID-19 spread.

The Ministry of Health and Wellness in Jamaica confirmed 6 new cases of the COVID-19 last night, these results include the first evidence of local transmission on the island. These cases bring to eight, the number of novel coronavirus confirmed cases here. Included among them are two men, aged 67 …

After reportings of the first case of the Coronavirus on the island a couple of days ago, the prime minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness is now taking necessary measures to try and slow the spread of Covid-19 in Jamaica. The Minister said “as of tomorrow schools will be officially close …

Joanne Adams has been in quarantine after she took her dream trip to Italy recently, She has been quarantined locally now for 13 days and is expected to be quarantined for 1 more day, 14days in total. This video was posted to her facebook page yesterday March 11th while she …

Earlier today Monday, March 10th Jamaica Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Christopher Tufton broke the unwelcome news at a media briefing in Kingston about 11am that the Island has tested and verified it’s first case of the Coronavirus. Doctor Tufton stated that the patient who tested positive for the …

The Jamaican economy grew for the last three decades on average less than 1% for the year. The impediments to growth were, corruption and high-crime, red-tape, a high debt-to-GDP ratio and the bloated public sector. The debt repayment plan has been making steady progress reducing the debt-to-GDP ratio. In 2012 …

Jamaican swimmers Christanya Shirley and Zaneta Alveranga each won a gold medal at the 2020 UANA Cup that ended in Lima, Peru recently. Alvaranga won the 15-17 50m butterfly in 27.92s that was a new national record and a new meet record also. Her time eclipsed the record that was …

Dr. Karen Webster-Kerr, the Principal Medical Officer and National Epidemiologist in the Health and Wellness Ministry, said a cruise ship with more than 4,500 passengers and 1,600 crew members were denied access to dock in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. In a statement in the afternoon yesterday, Dr Webster-Kerr said the ship …