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Jamaica bags three medals at Youth Olympics
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Jamaica bags three medals at Youth Olympics
November 9 10:15 PM
Jamaican athletes had a good day on Monday at the 2026 Youth Olympics at Stade Iba Mar Diop in Dakar, Senegal, winning three medals, a gold and two si...
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Cardi B threatens legal action against BZR WKND organisers
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Cardi B threatens legal action against BZR WKND organisers
November 9 10:03 PM
American rapper Cardi B is threatening to take legal action against the organisers of BZR WKND following their announcement that they intend to sue he...
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UPDATE: Police recover stolen courier vehicle, but money missing
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UPDATE: Police recover stolen courier vehicle, but money missing
November 9 10:02 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Police have recovered the courier vehicle stolen on Hope Road in St Andrew on Monday evening, but the money it was carrying remai...
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Page strikes gold!
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Page strikes gold!
Jamaican smashes Youth Olympic record in 110m hurdles
November 9 09:59 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Marquies Page won Jamaica's first gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games that are being held at Stade Iba Mar Diop in Dakar, Senegal...
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Estrada, Hastings set up thrilling final round of Jamaica Golf Open
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Estrada, Hastings set up thrilling final round of Jamaica Golf Open
BY PAUL REID Observer writer 
November 9 09:55 PM
TRYALL, Hanover— The stage has been set for an exciting final day of the 58th Vybwear Jamaica Golf Open at Tryall Club on Tuesday after Nicholas Estra...
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Teen dies in suspected drowning during early morning swim in St Toolies River
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Teen dies in suspected drowning during early morning swim in St Toolies River
November 9 09:01 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A 17-year-old is suspected to have drowned during an early morning swim with his friends in the St Toolies River. Police named h...
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Thieves reportedly steal cash-loaded courier vehicle on Hope Road
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Thieves reportedly steal cash-loaded courier vehicle on Hope Road
Jason Cross, Observer staff reporter, crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 9 08:57 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Thieves reportedly stole a cash-loaded courier vehicle belonging to a security company on Hope Road in St Andrew, the Jamaica Obs...
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WATCH: KSAMC rolls out new parking arrangements for taxi operators
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WATCH: KSAMC rolls out new parking arrangements for taxi operators
November 9 08:35 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation is rolling out new parking arrangements for taxi operators in Downtown Kingston, in...
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Hantavirus kills three in Venezuela
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Hantavirus kills three in Venezuela
July 21, 2026
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP)—At least three people in Venezuela died after contracting hantavirus, the health ministry said Tuesday, as it ruled out human...
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Hantavirus outbreak should formally end on July 2 — WHO
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Hantavirus outbreak should formally end on July 2 — WHO
June 24, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, which sparked international alarm, should be formally declared over on Ju...
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Antigua and Barbuda gov’t announces new measures for entry amid virus outbreaks
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Antigua and Barbuda gov’t announces new measures for entry amid virus outbreaks
May 22, 2026
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — The Antigua and Barbuda Government has announced new measures aimed at enhancing public health safety amid concerns regardi...
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WHO says ‘additional case’ of hantavirus reported in Netherlands
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WHO says ‘additional case’ of hantavirus reported in Netherlands
May 22, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — A member of the MV Hondius cruise ship crew who disembarked in Tenerife and was repatriated to the Netherlands was confirm...
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Hantavirus risk to Jamaica very low, say experts
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Hantavirus risk to Jamaica very low, say experts
Vanassa McKenzie, Observer Online reporter, mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 21, 2026
The risk of the hantavirus to the Jamaican population remains very low, according to local medical experts. The reassurance by the experts comes again...
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Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks sign of our ‘dangerous’ times — WHO
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Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks sign of our ‘dangerous’ times — WHO
May 18, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The deadly hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks are only the latest crises in "dangerous and divisive" times, the World Health O...
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Nine hantavirus contact cases due in at UK—health agency
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Nine hantavirus contact cases due in at UK—health agency
May 17, 2026
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—Nine people were due to fly into Britain Sunday from UK overseas territories after coming into contact with a person with...
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Westmoreland health authorities heighten hantavirus surveillance
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Westmoreland health authorities heighten hantavirus surveillance
May 16, 2026
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica—Health authorities in Westmoreland are maintaining heightened surveillance amid regional concerns about hantavirus, even though J...
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US passenger from hantavirus cruise quarantines on remote Pitcairn Island
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US passenger from hantavirus cruise quarantines on remote Pitcairn Island
May 15, 2026
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A passenger from the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship is in quarantine on tiny Pitcairn Island, a volcanic outcrop...
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Potential US hantavirus case tests negative
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Potential US hantavirus case tests negative
May 14, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States  (AFP) — A passenger who was aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius and initially tested "mildly positive" for hantavirus has now...
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WHO chief says ‘work not over’ after hantavirus evacuation
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WHO chief says ‘work not over’ after hantavirus evacuation
May 12, 2026
MADRID, Spain (AFP)—World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after eva...
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Passengers from virus ship evacuation flight all negative — Dutch authorities
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Passengers from virus ship evacuation flight all negative — Dutch authorities
May 12, 2026
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — All 26 passengers who landed in the Netherlands on the first evacuation flight from the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius cruis...
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Last evacuation flights from hantavirus ship land in Netherlands
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Last evacuation flights from hantavirus ship land in Netherlands
May 11, 2026
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AFP)—The last two evacuation planes carrying passengers and crew from the hantavirus-hit ship MV Hondius landed in the Netherl...
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‘No need for panic’ in recent hantavirus outbreak, says CARPHA
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‘No need for panic’ in recent hantavirus outbreak, says CARPHA
May 11, 2026
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)—The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) on Monday sought to reassure people in the Caribbean region t...
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Staff at Dutch hospital with hantavirus patient quarantined after procedure errors: hospital
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Staff at Dutch hospital with hantavirus patient quarantined after procedure errors: hospital
May 11, 2026
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Twelve staff members at a Dutch hospital treating a hantavirus-positive evacuee from the MV Hondius cruise ship are in ...
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Spaniard evacuated from cruise ship has hantavirus, says health ministry
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Spaniard evacuated from cruise ship has hantavirus, says health ministry
May 11, 2026
GRANADILLA DE ABONA, Spain (AFP) — A Spanish passenger evacuated from the disease-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship has tested positive for hantavirus b...
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Hantavirus crisis recommendations shared by WHO
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Hantavirus crisis recommendations shared by WHO
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 11, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has spurred global concern over the potential spread of the virus among and ...
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Spain says final hantavirus ship evacuees to take plane to Netherlands
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Spain says final hantavirus ship evacuees to take plane to Netherlands
May 11, 2026
GRANADILLA DE ABONA, Spain (AFP) — The final 22 people to leave a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will take a plane to the Netherlands...
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Hantavirus ship evacuees begin returning home
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Hantavirus ship evacuees begin returning home
May 10, 2026
GRANADILLA DE ABONA, Spain (AFP) — Occupants of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has sparked international alarm began arrivi...
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Canary Islands brace for arrival of hantavirus-hit cruise ship
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Canary Islands brace for arrival of hantavirus-hit cruise ship
May 9, 2026
GRANADILLA DE ABONA, Spain (AFP) — Speaking to reporters in Madrid, Spain's health and interior ministers insisted there would be "no contact" with th...
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US plans evacuation flight for Americans on hantavirus ship
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US plans evacuation flight for Americans on hantavirus ship
May 8, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States (US) said Friday it was organising an evacuation flight for Americans on a hantavirus-struck cruis...
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CARPHA urges caution even as hantavirus infection risk low in the Caribbean
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CARPHA urges caution even as hantavirus infection risk low in the Caribbean
May 8, 2026
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says the risk of infection of the hantavirus is low in the ...
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Jamaica bags three medals at Youth Olympics
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Jamaica bags three medals at Youth Olympics
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Jamaican athletes had a good day on Monday at the 2026 Youth Olympics at Stade Iba Mar Diop in Dakar, Senegal, winning three medals, a gold and two si...
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Cardi B threatens legal action against BZR WKND organisers
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Cardi B threatens legal action against BZR WKND organisers
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American rapper Cardi B is threatening to take legal action against the organisers of BZR WKND following their announcement that they intend to sue he...
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UPDATE: Police recover stolen courier vehicle, but money missing
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UPDATE: Police recover stolen courier vehicle, but money missing
November 9, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Police have recovered the courier vehicle stolen on Hope Road in St Andrew on Monday evening, but the money it was carrying remai...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Page strikes gold!
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Page strikes gold!
Jamaican smashes Youth Olympic record in 110m hurdles
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KINGSTON, Jamaica— Marquies Page won Jamaica's first gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games that are being held at Stade Iba Mar Diop in Dakar, Senegal...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Estrada, Hastings set up thrilling final round of Jamaica Golf Open
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Estrada, Hastings set up thrilling final round of Jamaica Golf Open
BY PAUL REID Observer writer 
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TRYALL, Hanover— The stage has been set for an exciting final day of the 58th Vybwear Jamaica Golf Open at Tryall Club on Tuesday after Nicholas Estra...
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