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VAX HOPE - Jamaica won't be sharing COVID jabs with CARICOM, says Tufton; first shipment expected next week
As Jamaica gears up to receive a gift of 50,000 AstraZeneca vaccines from India next week, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has said that unlike Barbados, the island will not be sharing any doses with Caribbean neighbours as the...
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A police constable is now recuperating in the May Pen Hospital after he was attacked by a man who attempted to rob him, shortly after leaving the Mineral Heights toll booth in Clarendon. Superintendent Christopher Phillips, who is in charge of...
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced he will hold a media briefing soon to announce...
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Haitian migrants, one Cuban arrested in Brazil
Twenty-six Haitian nationals and one Cuban, all of whom left Guyana and entered Brazil illegally, have been arrested by members of the Brazilian Federal Police. According to a release from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) the interception...
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Residents of Hanover are being urged to emulate the strength of character and sense of community of noted son of the parish and National Hero Sir Alexander Bustamante in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Custos of the parish, Dr David... - 
If United States President Joe Biden eases the trade embargo against Cuba, one benefit to developing countries, including the Caribbean, could be greater access to coronavirus vaccines at an affordable price. Cuban scientists have been working on... - 
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health advisers endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Friday, putting the nation on the cusp of adding an easier-to-use option to fight the pandemic. The acting head of the Food... - 
Jamaica is set to receive a donation of COVID-19 vaccines from India next week. This was announced by Indian High Commissioner to Jamaica His Excellency Ambassador Masakui Rungsung at a function this morning. He declined to give the exact date of... - 
