People living with HIV (PLHIV) will need to take COVID-19 (coronavirus) very seriously!
Read more: People living with HIV should stay on treatment to fight Coronavirus
Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) and the Western Children’s and Adolescent’s Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James, are poised to be the most modern public health facilities in the Caribbean.
Read more: Western Jamaica to boast the Caribbean's best public health facilities
The Jamaica Social Investment Fund, JSIF, will be embarking on a massive infrastructure upgrade project for four health centres in St James at a cost of 156 million dollars.
Read more: EU To Spend $156m To Upgrade 4 St. James Health Centres
Jamaica has so far refused entry to 27 visitors, as it steps up its travel ban on certain individuals arriving from China.
Read more: 27 visitors not granted permission to enter Jamaica over Coronavirus fear
The St. Joseph's Hospital in Vineyard Town, St. Andrew is to be converted into a quarantine facility as part of the Health Ministry's response to the threat of the coronavirus.
Read more: St Joseph’s Hospital to be converted to a quarantine facility