Tag: Dr Christopher Tufton
Jamaica health ministry awaits PAHO report
KINGSTON – The Ministry of Health and Wellness is awaiting a report from the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) on the discovery of a...
First case of monkeypox in Jamaica
Kingston – Health & Wellness Minister, Dr Christopher Tufton confirmed on Wednesday that Jamaica had recorded its first case of the monkeypox virus.
He told...
12 cases of Delta variant in Jamaica
KINGSTON – Jamaica on Wednesday confirmed 22 cases of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and promised to keep the...
Children, adolescents will be given priority access to Pfizer vaccine, says Jamaica minister
Kingston – Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, says Jamaica is to receive its first shipment of 200 000 doses of Pfizer...
Jamaica first Caribbean country to receive COVAX COVID-19 vaccines
Kingston – Jamaica on Monday received 14 400 doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines through the COVAX Facility, becoming the first country in the Caribbean...