Press Releases
Jamaica welcomes 140 medical pros from Cuban
Jamaica today welcomed 140 Cuban medical professionals to support the island’s national response efforts for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The team, which will be in quarantine for 14 days before beginning work, is comprised of: Ninety (90) specialist nurses, including for critical care, emergency, medical, surgical and primary care;… Read More
March 21st, 2020Business in Jamaica Continues within COVID-19 Parameters
Amidst false information circulating via social media, business in Jamaica continues, within the parameters outlined and there is no planned shutdown of the country. As previously announced, both the public and private sectors have been encouraged to examine their operations and decide which elements can be done from home. Businesses… Read More
March 21st, 2020Health Ministry urges end to stigma around COVID-19
It has come to the attention of the Ministry of Health and Wellness that a number of Jamaicans have been the victims of physical violence or have otherwise been socially excluded on the suspicion that they may have the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Ministry understands the fear that many… Read More
March 21st, 2020Passengers on JetBlue FIights urged to contact Health Ministry
The Ministry of Health & Wellness wishes to urgently make contact with all passengers, who travelled on the following flights: JetBlue Flight 659, which arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 1:00 a.m. JetBlue Flight 2959 which arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport… Read More
March 20th, 2020Jamaica records 16 cases of COVID-19
Jamaica now has sixteen (16) confirmed cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The latest case is a 57-year-old male with a travel history to New York. He arrived in the island on March 10 and visited his private physician on March 16. He reported having had symptoms for six… Read More
March 19th, 2020Jamaica issues second (community) quarantine order
The Government of Jamaica has issued a second (community) quarantine order, this time for the Corn Piece settlement in Clarendon. The imposition of the order was announced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness in Parliament on Thursday, March 19. The announcement comes in the wake of the death of a 79-year-old… Read More
March 19th, 2020Jamaica records first COVID-19 death
On Wednesday, March 18, Jamaica recorded its first death related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The deceased is a 79-year-old man from Clarendon with a travel history from New York. He presented to the Lionel Town Hospital on March 16 with fever, cough and shortness of breath. At that… Read More
March 19th, 2020COVID-19 Update – March 18, 2020
Here’s a snapshot of Jamaica’s situation as it relates to #COVID19 as well as the global data.
March 19th, 2020COVID-19 Update – March 17, 2020
Here’s a snapshot of Jamaica’s situation as it relates to #COVID19 as well as the global data.
March 18th, 2020Hospitals taking only one visitor per patient
Hospital visits are now reduced to once per day and to one visitor per patient, as the Ministry of Health and Wellness pursues efforts to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Also, operations at Outpatient Clinics in public hospitals have been scaled back while some services at… Read More
March 18th, 2020