Press Releases
National Blood Transfusion Service reopens its doors
The National Blood Transfusion Service (Blood Bank) of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, located at 21 Slipe Pen Road in Kingston, will reopen its doors tomorrow (Tuesday, February 18, 2020). This follows its closure today (February 17, 2020) to facilitate infrastructural upgrades to improve service delivery to the public.
February 17th, 2020Temporary Closure of the National Blood Transfusion Services (Blood Bank)
The National Blood Transfusion Service (Blood Bank) of the Ministry of Health and Wellness wishes to inform the public that their offices, located at 21 Slipe Pen Road in Kingston, will be temporarily closed to the public as of Monday, February 17, 2020. The closure is to facilitate infrastructural upgrades… Read More
February 17th, 2020Two other patients test negative for Novel Coronavirus
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is advising the public that the test results for all three patients who were placed in isolation for investigation of the Novel Coronavirus have come back negative. The results for the second and third patients were received today (Feb 13) from the Caribbean Public… Read More
February 13th, 2020Patient Tests Negative for Novel Coronavirus – A third Jamaican Isolated
The Ministry of Health and Wellness would like to advise the public that the results for the first patient, who was placed in isolation, have come back negative for the novel Coronavirus (COVID19). The results were received on Wednesday, February 12 from the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. This… Read More
February 13th, 2020Jamaica to celebrate Int’l Year of the Nurse and Midwife
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife and the Ministry of Health and Wellness has fully endorsed this designation and will be celebrating this important group of professionals in the health sector. His Excellency the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen,… Read More
February 11th, 2020Health & Wellness Ministry expanding the island’s quarantine capacity
Between January 23 and Feb 8, 116 persons arrived in Jamaica who had been in China 14 days prior to arrival here. One person had mild symptoms and was immediately isolated. That person’s symptoms have since improved. Of the 115 remaining, 27 were not landed, 78 have been assessed as… Read More
February 10th, 2020Over 300 trained in Coronavirus Response
The Ministry of Health and Wellness has trained some 329 frontline employees at the Norman Manley International and Sangster’s International Airports, as Jamaica continues its preparedness for a possible introduction of the novel coronavirus to the island. Persons facilitated in the training programme included employees from Immigration, Customs, Port Health,… Read More
February 6th, 2020Coronavirus update
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is reporting that the patient who presented at the Annotto Bay Hospital with complaints of a headache, anorexia, chills, dryness to the throat and generalised weakness does not, at this time, meet the case definition for novel Coronavirus. The patient – who landed in Jamaica… Read More
February 1st, 2020Jamaica issues ban on China-related travel
Jamaica has imposed a ban on travel to and from China, in the wake of the World Health Organization declaration of the novel Coronavirus as a global health emergency. All persons entering the island from China will be subject to immediate quarantine for a minimum of 14 days. Quarantine facilities… Read More
January 31st, 2020New health systems strengthening programme for Jamaica
The Ministry of Health and Wellness on Tuesday launched its US$50-million Health Systems Strengthening Programme, which should boost the island’s capacity to address the scourge of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the challenge of communicable illnesses. The programme, which has the ‘organisation and consolidation of integrated health services networks’ and the… Read More
January 30th, 2020