Jamaica has once again dominated the track and field sprint event with a gold in the 4x100m relay at this year's Tokyo Olympics. On Friday, two-time Olympian Elaine Thompson-Herah ran the second leg on Jamaica's gold medal-winning women's 4x100m relay team along with teammates Briana Williams, Shericka Jackson and
With three lightning bolt emojis for each of his children, all-time Olympic great sprinter Usain Bolt introduced to the world his twin sons in an Instagram post on Father's Day. The Jamaican track and field legend posted a family photo, with Bolt sitting next to his partner Kasi
Jamaica GIS - Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, says the coronavirus (COVID-19) trends are moving in the right direction but continues to implore Jamaicans to maintain the health and safety measures. “We have to continue to be cautious. Hospitalisations are going down, the
Authorities investigate missing vaccines as the Government of Jamaica affirms its commitment to break the cycle of improper distribution of scarce public goods by exercising fairness and integrity in distributing the COVID-19 vaccines. In a virtual vaccine town hall meeting last Friday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness
Jamaica GIS - The Ministry of Health and Wellness has reported that young persons between the ages of 20 to 29 years now account for the highest number of persons confirmed with the coronavirus (COVID-19). Of the 20,310 persons now confirmed to have the virus in
Travelers' documents and COVID-19 lab results were exposed Hundreds of thousands of travelers' immigration records and COVID-19 test results were discovered to have been left unprotected following a security lapse from the Jamaican government contractor that built the website. According to a recent report by the TechCrunch,
Jamaica Information Service - Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Government has been advised by the COVAX Facility that the country is set to receive between 146,400 and 249,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines, by mid to late February
The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce of Jamaica is working along with the Ministry of Health & Wellness to improve the capacity of local laboratories to undertake coronavirus (COVID-19) tests and clamp down on unauthorised facilities. In a press briefing, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw,
Jamaica GIS - While the Ministry of Health & Wellness continues to assess the degree of spread of COVID-19 over the holiday season, the Government of Jamaica has announced an extension of the islandwide curfew and all other previously announced measures under the Disaster Risk
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