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‘Stay prepared’
Met Service expert says Jamaica not yet out of the woods for storm threats
Vanassa McKenzie | Observer Online Reporter 
November 20 12:20 AM
‘Stay prepared’
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20 12:18 AM
Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body
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Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
Art & Culture, ...
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
...appearance in tonight’s grand finale uncertain
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
November 20 12:16 AM
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
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The fight continues
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The fight continues
Government presses JPS as MPs demand clearer restoration timelines
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
November 20 12:14 AM
The fight continues
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WHERE FROM HERE?
Football, ...
WHERE FROM HERE?
JFF boss sheds no tears over McClaren exit; search on for new head coach
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20 12:12 AM
Good riddance?
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Totally Delicious Garlic Bread
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Totally Delicious Garlic Bread
November 20 12:10 AM
Straight Out Of the Oven: Totally Delicious Bakery’s Garlic Hard-Dough Bread
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St Elizabeth hardest hit
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St Elizabeth hardest hit
World Bank tags parish’s damage assessment at a whopping US$2,286 million
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
November 20 12:07 AM
St Elizabeth hardest hit
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Construction materials most needed in Trelawny
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Construction materials most needed in Trelawny
Custos welcomes food and clothes but argues rebuilding homes must begin now
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
November 20 12:06 AM
Construction materials most needed in Trelawny
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Barbados confirms three cases of Mpox
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Barbados confirms three cases of Mpox
September 21, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Barbados’ Ministry of Health on Saturday revealed that three confirmed cases of Mpox have been identified in three adults...
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WHO chief lifts mpox international health emergency
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WHO chief lifts mpox international health emergency
September 5, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Mpox no longer represents a global public health emergency, the World Health Organisation said Friday, following a sustain...
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Guinea reports more than 200 mpox cases since first detection
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Guinea reports more than 200 mpox cases since first detection
July 18, 2025
CONAKRY, Guinea (AFP) - The number of mpox cases in Guinea since an outbreak was first detected has passed 200, health officials told AFP Friday, with...
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WHO maintains mpox alert amid West Africa surge
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WHO maintains mpox alert amid West Africa surge
June 9, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland  (AFP) — The World Health Organisation said Monday that the mpox virus epidemic remains an international health emergency with mor...
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Sierra Leone declares public health emergency over mpox
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Sierra Leone declares public health emergency over mpox
January 13, 2025
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AFP)— Sierra Leone declared a public health emergency on Monday to combat mpox, announcing it was stepping up surveillance at ...
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Sierra Leone reports first case of mpox
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Sierra Leone reports first case of mpox
January 11, 2025
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AFP) — Sierra Leone has reported its first confirmed case of mpox since the world's highest alert level for the potentially de...
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PAHO urges Caribbean countries to maintain Mpox surveillance, genomic sequencing
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PAHO urges Caribbean countries to maintain Mpox surveillance, genomic sequencing
November 27, 2024
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – Following the detection of a Clade I variant case for the first time in the region, the Pan American Health Organiza...
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WHO keeps mpox at highest alert level
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WHO keeps mpox at highest alert level
November 22, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)— The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday it had decided to keep its alert for the mpox epidemic at the highest level...
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Two UK mpox cases first local transmission in Europe: WHO
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Two UK mpox cases first local transmission in Europe: WHO
November 5, 2024
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)— Two new cases of the mpox variant clade 1b detected in the UK are the first locally transmitted cases in Europe and the ...
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Mpox is not under control, warns Africa CDC
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Mpox is not under control, warns Africa CDC
October 31, 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP)— The African Union's health watchdog on Thursday warned that mpox outbreak was still not under control and appealed for resources...
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Roche hikes mpox tests production capacity as virus spreads
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Roche hikes mpox tests production capacity as virus spreads
October 23, 2024
ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) — Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Wednesday that it was increasing its capacity to produce diagnostic tests to detect ...
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1,100 mpox deaths recorded across Africa — CDC
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1,100 mpox deaths recorded across Africa — CDC
October 17, 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — Some 1,100 people across Africa have died from mpox, the African Union's health agency said Thursday, warning that the epidemic...
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Uganda confirms mpox case in prison
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Uganda confirms mpox case in prison
October 10, 2024
KAMPALA, Uganda (AFP)— Uganda on Wednesday confirmed a prison inmate has contracted mpox in a central area that is the epicentre of the outbreak in th...
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More than 800 mpox deaths recorded across Africa
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More than 800 mpox deaths recorded across Africa
October 3, 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP)— More than 800 people across Africa have died from mpox, the African Union's disease control centre said Thursday, warning the ep...
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US to donate 1 million mpox vaccines to Africa — Biden
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US to donate 1 million mpox vaccines to Africa — Biden
September 24, 2024
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United States plans to donate one million doses of the mpox vaccine to African nations facing an epidemic of...
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World better positioned against mpox than for COVID — vaccine alliance
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World better positioned against mpox than for COVID — vaccine alliance
September 18, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Lessons learned from the COVID pandemic have left the world in a much better position to tackle the current mpox epidemic ...
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DR Congo gets 50,000 mpox vaccine delivery from US
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DR Congo gets 50,000 mpox vaccine delivery from US
September 10, 2024
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) received on Tuesday 50,000 more vaccine doses from the United States to fight the countr...
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India’s mpox case ‘isolated’, not caused by new strain
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India’s mpox case ‘isolated’, not caused by new strain
September 9, 2024
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India on Monday said it had verified an "isolated" mpox case but said it was not the new strain of the virus driving the ongo...
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UNICEF launches tenders for mpox vaccines
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UNICEF launches tenders for mpox vaccines
August 31, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said Saturday that it has launched an emergency tender for...
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Africa to secure nearly a million mpox vaccines— health watchdog
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Africa to secure nearly a million mpox vaccines— health watchdog
August 28, 2024
BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (AFP)— The African Union's health watchdog on Wednesday said it was close to securing almost one million mpox vaccine doses, urging...
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WHO says droplets a ‘minor’ route of mpox transmission
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WHO says droplets a ‘minor’ route of mpox transmission
August 27, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)— The WHO on Tuesday said droplets were a minor route of transmission for mpox compared to physical contact, adding that more...
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Spain to donate 500,000 mpox vaccines to Africa
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Spain to donate 500,000 mpox vaccines to Africa
August 27, 2024
MADRID, Spain (AFP)— Spain will donate 500,000 mpox vaccine doses to countries in central Africa suffering from a surge in cases, the government said ...
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Met Service expert says Jamaica not yet out of the woods for storm threats
Vanassa McKenzie | Observer Online Reporter 
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20, 2025
Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body
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Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
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Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
...appearance in tonight’s grand finale uncertain
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
November 20, 2025
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
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The fight continues
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The fight continues
Government presses JPS as MPs demand clearer restoration timelines
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
November 20, 2025
The fight continues
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WHERE FROM HERE?
Football, ...
WHERE FROM HERE?
JFF boss sheds no tears over McClaren exit; search on for new head coach
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20, 2025
Good riddance?
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