Jamaican Deportee Tests Positive for COVID-19; Total Cases Approach 400

Jamaican Deportee Tests Positive for COVID-19; Total Cases Approach 400

Photo: Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton By Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday April 30, 2020 – Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has confirmed that one of the 46 deportees who returned last Tuesday from the United States has tested positive for COVID-19. He said the Ministry is still awaiting some additional […]

Jamaica Turns to Cuban Nurses to Help Cope with Coronavirus; Confirmed Cases Increase to 10

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Christopher Tufton

Jamaica Turns to Cuban Nurses to Help Cope with Coronavirus; Confirmed Cases Increase to 10

By Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday, March 16, 2020 – The first batch of 21 specialist nurses from Cuba will arrive in Jamaica on March 24, to boost the capacity of the health system to deal with the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). “We’re trying to get about 100 additional specialist nurses in the system, focusing primarily on high […]

NATIONAL STATEMENT: COVID-19 Delivered by Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton

NATIONAL STATEMENT: COVID-19 Delivered by Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton

PHOTO: JIS PHOTOGRAPHER Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton Ladies and gentlemen of the press, Representatives of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Other stakeholders. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us this afternoon for what is an important development with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Jamaica today confirmed its first […]