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- Three homeless men found dead in downtown Kingston 7:37 am
- Parents upset about late start of classes at St Aloysius Primary 7:31 am
- Jamaica, India exploring arrangements to provide COVID-19 vaccines locally 4:29 pm
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Covid-19
Islandwide COVID curfew extended
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The islandwide curfew implemented to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus has been extended to until Sunday, January 31. Read More
30,000 antigen kits distributed to private labs to support national COVID testing efforts
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Ministry of Health and Wellness says a total of 30,000 antigen test kits have been distributed to six private laboratories to support national testing efforts for COVID-19. Read More
Northern Brazilian state declares curfew over virus
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP)— Amazonas state in northern Brazil on Thursday announced a curfew to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus, as cases soar and hospitals run out of beds and oxygen supplies. Read More
Israel hits 2 million vaccinated
JERUSALEM (AFP)— The number of people inoculated in Israel for coronavirus passed the two million threshold Thursday, with the prime minister saying there was "light at the end of the tunnel". Read More
Urgent steps being taken to ramp up Jamaica's COVID-19 testing capacity
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett says urgent steps are being taken to ramp up Jamaica's COVID-19 testing capacity, amid reports of expected changes in testing requirements by one of the country's largest tourism source markets -- the United States of America... Read More
FULL TEXT: CDC says passengers required to get COVID test three days before flights to the US
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Below is the full text of the statement from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which today announced that it was expanding its negative COVID-19 test requirement to all air passengers entering the United States. Read More
Rigorous COVID-19 testing schedule for Windies
DHAKA, Bangladesh (CMC) — West Indies' Test and one-day contingent will be subjected to a robust testing regime after they arrived here Sunday for their five-week series, becoming the first international side to tour Bangladesh since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus... Read More
Minister urges compliance with COVID-19 measures in Negril
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has called on stakeholders in Negril, Westmoreland, to exercise a greater level of compliance in keeping with the enhanced coronavirus (COVID-19) measures for the parish. Read More
US to require COVID tests for all international visitors — report
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Reports out of the United States (US) are that the government is expected to require all international airline passengers to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test before boarding flights to that country. Read More
COVID-19 outbreak at Freeport lockup in St James
ST JAMES, Jamaica— There is an outbreak of COVID-19 at the Freeport lockup in St James, OBSERVER ONLINE understands. Read More
Crescent Primary lauded for establishing isolation unit
KINGSTON, Jamaica— State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Robert Morgan, is lauding the administration of Crescent Primary School in St Catherine for establishing an isolation unit. Read More
76 public schools now having face-to-face classes
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Seventy six out of 129 public schools which were approved for face-to-face teaching and learning have actually started, with the others given until January 18 to fine-tune their preparations for schooling, Minister of Education Fayval Williams said. Read More
Gov't to explore other sources for COVID vaccines
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Government will be exploring bilateral arrangements with countries that have indicated their willingness to partner with Jamaica to ensure the safe vaccination of the population. Read More
First round of vaccines coming in April
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A total of approximately 292,000 doses, enough to vaccinate approximately 146,000 Jamaicans, are due on island in April. Read More
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