The Ministry of Health and Wellness is reporting that close to seven thousand Jamaicans have received the second dose of vaccine so far. Additionally, after nine weeks of the National Vaccination Programme,146,147 Jamaicans have received the first dose of the...
Fifty samples were sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing to determine variant strains of the COVID-19 virus. Only ten were found suitable for sequencing. Of the ten samples, seven were found to be that of the United Kingdom variant, while the...
The government is to halt mass vaccination to make way for administering the second vaccine jab. The Ministry of Health says only citizens 60 years and older and select frontline workers can get vaccinated now as the Government works to secure the vaccines for some...
According to the Health and Wellness Ministry, five patients have had adverse reactions after taking the COVID-19 vaccine in Jamaica. Dr. Melody Ennis, Director of Family Health Services says a death is being investigated. Additionally, Chief Medical...
Jamaica receives its third shipment with 75,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, this time from the African Medical Supply Platform. Health Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton says the vaccines will be used in the third vaccination blitz, the...
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