coronavirus pandemic

In response to COVID-19, countries across the globe (including Jamaica) have implemented a range of public health and social measures, including movement restrictions, partial closure or closure of schools and businesses, quarantine in…
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None of the 44 people tested for COVID-19 on Saturday was positive for the virus. Confirmed cases therefore remain at 92 – 49 females and 43 males. No one will be released from isolation today so the number of recoveries remains at…
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May 29, 2020 - My fellow Belizeans, Welcome to this morning’s press conference, and, forgive me, but I must start this morning on a note of complaint. Today’s press conference is another in what has become a regular, almost weekly…
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica will reopen its borders tomorrow. Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the announcement at a COVID-19 press briefing this evening at Jamaica House. The borders will be reopened to repatriated nationals…
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Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Amor Mottley has told the global community that criteria and definitions used to determine access to goods and credit in a COVID-19 crisis or afterwards, must reflect countries’ needs rather than “simple…
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