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May 1, 2023
US to end COVID-19 vaccination requirements on May 11 -White House
Reading Time: < 1 minute WASHINGTON (Reuters) The United States will end its coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination requirements for federal employees and contractors, and international air travellers on May 11, when the coronavirus public health emergency…
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JAM
Apr 29, 2023
Pfizer COVID-19 booster doses now available
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Ministry of Health & Wellness wishes to advise that the Pfizer vaccine is now available in Jamaica. The country received a donation of 80,640 doses of the vaccine (Comirnaty…
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GBR
Mar 22, 2023
Ex-PM Boris Johnson fights for career in testimony on lockdown parties
Reading Time: 3 minutes Britain’s former Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face hours of hostile questioning today (March 22) about whether he misled parliament over rule-breaking COVID-19 lockdown parties at a hearing where he will be fighting for his political career.
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JAM
Mar 16, 2023
Jamaica records 55 new COVID cases
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Ministry of Health and Wellness confirmed seven COVID-19 related deaths and an additional 55 new cases of the virus between March 7 and 13. According to the ministry’s weekly…
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JAM
Mar 9, 2023
129 new COVID cases recorded in Jamaica
Reading Time: 2 minutes The latest weekly report from the Ministry of Health and Wellness indicates that the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on the island has once again crossed the 100 mark. Cases…
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JAM
Sep 17, 2022
Jamaica’s community approach to COVID boosted by US$540,000 medical resource donation
Reading Time: 3 minutes The community-based approach to combatting COVID-19 and reinforcing routine immunisation has received increased support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)…
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Saint Lucia
Sep 8, 2022
St Lucia removes COVID-19 vaccination restrictions
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Caribbean destination of St Lucia has joined a growing list of regional vacation territories that have removed testing and vaccination requirements. Among the destinations that have removed such requirements…
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JAM
Sep 3, 2022
Jamaica readying ‘nationwide intervention’ for unprecedented substance abuse by students
Reading Time: < 1 minute The findings of a recent substance abuse assessment in Jamaica’s network of schools paint a bleak picture as students increasingly turn to drugs to cope with a myriad of systemic…
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CARIB
Aug 29, 2022
Tracking COVID: Caribbean hits new active cases peak
Reading Time: 4 minutes Against stacked odds, countries and territories in the Caribbean continue to fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as a regional summer caseload increase, fuelled by the Omicron variant and its…
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CARIB
Jul 29, 2022
Tracking COVID: Cases decline but Caribbean countries still gripped by pandemic
Reading Time: 4 minutes With a monkeypox contagion stoking anxieties across the Caribbean, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic still has countries firmly in its grips into the middle of summer. The region, officially hitting a…
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USA
Jul 21, 2022
Biden tests positive for COVID, will continue to work -White House
Reading Time: < 1 minute WASHINGTON (Reuters) US President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday (July 21) and is experiencing “very mild symptoms,” the White House said. Biden, 79, will go on carrying…
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CAN
Jul 9, 2022
Canada dumping 13.6 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada is dumping about 13.6m doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, because of a slow take-up by its citizens. The decision to dump the vaccine also stems from the fact…