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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton, speaks at a virtual press conference at the Ministry of Health and Wellness in New Kingston.

Jamaica’s COVID-19 Cases Increase To 143

KINNGSTON, April 16, 2020 - Jamaica now has 143 confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. This is ther word from Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton, as he gave an update on Thursday during a virtual press conference from his New Kingston offices.

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  • Countries Jamaica
  • Published in Health
Health and Wellness Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton

JAMAICA | Gov't Snubs Cuban drug used for COVID19, US Blocks Ja Test Kits

KINGSTON, April 16, 2020- As the COVID-19 virus begins to spread within the Jamaican community, Health Minister Christopher Tufton has adbvised parliament, that  the Jamaican Government will not be using the Cuban antiviral drug Interferon Alpha 2B to treat persons battling COVID-19, on the advice of the island's Chief Medical Officer who informed the drug was not globally used.

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  • Countries Jamaica
  • Published in Health
A doctor holds the drug chloroquine. | Photo: Twitter/@dailyTURAN

BRAZIL | Chloroquine Studies Suspended After 11 People Die

Eleven people died in Manaus, in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, during a study conducted with high doses of the drug chloroquine being promoted by United States President Donald Trump as an antidote for the COVID-19 virus.

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  • Countries Latin America
  • Published in Health
JAMAICA | 32 New COVID19 Cases In 24 Hours – St. Catherine On Lockdown

JAMAICA | 32 New COVID19 Cases In 24 Hours – St. Catherine On Lockdown

KINGSTON, Tuesday April 14, 2020 - Jamaica now has 105 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19).This follows 32 new additions over the last 24 hours. So says  Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton, during press conference today at Jamaica House.

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  • Countries Jamaica
  • Published in Health
The Marella Discovery 2 cruise ship on which 43 Jamaicans are employed and petitioned the government to allow them on shore.

JAMAICA | Gov't Must assist 43 Jamaican Workers abandoned at Sea

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 14, 2020: The People’s National Party (PNP) says the statement issued by the Government yesterday on the 43 Jamaican ship workersaboard the Marella Discovery 2 provides irrefutable evidence that the state failed to act in the best interest of the Jamaicans when they begged from Jamaican waters to be landed on April 2, 2020.

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  • Countries Jamaica
Opposition Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Lisa Hanna

JAMAICA | Hanna urges talks over Trump's threatened deportations

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 13, 2020: The Opposition PNP is concerned about a recent memo from US president Donald Trump, threatening to withhold visas for people from countries that do not quickly repatriate their citizens from the U.S. due to concerns over the coronavirus.

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  • Countries Jamaica
People's National Party (PNP) Shadow Minister of National Security Fitz Jackson

JAMAICA |PNP concerned about overseas Jamaicans who can't come home

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 12, 2020: The People’s National Party (PNP) is not happy that the government continues to ban Jamaican citizens working and going to school  overseas from returning home under the guise that they might be infected by the COVID-19 virus.

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  • Countries Jamaica
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