Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr.Christopher Tufton, says vaccination storage facilities have been vetted and are ready. Minister Tufton was speaking today at the Site visits regarding Jamaica's COVID19 Vaccination preparedness. The Minister gave the media a tour...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) information arm, the Constabulary Communication Unit, CCU, has confirmed a double murder in Portland Cottage and Rocky districts in Clarendon, last night. The dead men have been identified as 30-year-old Kurt Taylor, otherwise...
Opposition Spokesman on Health Dr. Morais Guy has put forward a suggestion, that the government should hire a COVID-19 czar. Dr. Guy believes that the country needs now more than ever, someone who's sole responsibility is to take charge of the entire vaccination...
Residents in the urban and peri-urban spaces across the island, are to benefit from a $10 million Backyard Gardening Programme. This was according to a statement released today, from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. The Ministry says, the $10 million that's...
The Department of Correctional Services, DCS, is reporting that 36 new positive, COVID-19 cases, were recorded at the South Camp Adult Correctional Centre, in the last 24 hours. The DCS says of the 81 persons tested, 28 inmates and 8 staff members were positive for...
With bed occupancy levels increasing daily moves are being accelerated to complete the field hospital at St.Joseph's Hospital. Speaking with Nationwide News this afternoon, Regional Technical Director of the South East Regional Health Authority, SERHA, Dr. Sandra...
Nationwide News understands that a COVID-19 cluster has been detected at the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport offices in New Kingston. The discovery has triggered the necessary health protocols with staff members being tested for the COVID-19...
Seven more staff members at the Mandeville Regional Hospital, in Manchester, have tested positive for COVID-19 increasing the tally to 34. Yesterday the Hospitals Senior Medical Officer revealed that 27 staff members had tested positive for the virus. The hospital's...
An elderly woman was killed in a car crash in Greenvale Mandeville yesterday afternoon. Head of the Manchester Police, Superintendent Gary Francis said a Toyota Probox taxi carrying passengers was overtaking a truck when the driver lost control of the vehicle....
President of the Nurses Association of Jamaica, NAJ, Patsy Edwards-Henry, says the government will need to hire more nurses for the planned field hospitals. Speaking with Nationwide News this morning, the NAJ president says the country is losing some of it's best and...