Jamaica Added to Phillippines Travel Ban List
The Government of the Philippines has included Jamaica on a travel restriction list due to the presence of the...
78 new Cases, 3 COVID Deaths
Jamaica yesterday (Thurs) recorded three more COVID deaths increasing the tally to 205.
One of the deaths was previously under...
Spend Money on Vaccines, not Marketing, Opposition Says
The Opposition has questioned the Government’s decision to spend 5 hundred million dollars on a Covid marketing campaign, instead...
Pfizer Vaccine on Brink of US Approval
Medical experts advising the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have recommended emergency approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine.
The...
Gov’t Extends UK Travel Ban to Jan 31
The Government of Jamaica has extended the travel ban on flights from the United Kingdom until January 31.
The initial...
Pfizer Seeks Emergency Approval for COVID Vaccine
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech will apply today for emergency authorisation in the US for their Covid-19 vaccine.
It will...
Single-Dose Vaccine Ready for Use
A panel of expert advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted to recommend authorization of...
Phased Reopening for Barbados Come Feb 28
Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced Thursday that when a three-and-a-half-week lockdown ends on February 28, businesses will be allowed...
Pfizer Vaccine Works Against Coronavirus Mutations
New research has shown that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine can protect against a mutation found in the two more-contagious variants...
Cuba, Iran Reach Agreement on Vaccine Trials
Communist-run Cuba said late on Friday it had signed an accord with Iran to transfer the technology for its...