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Some Jamaicans taking COVID-19 pandemic for granted – Holness

Published 1 March, 2021

Basseterre

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Source: LOOP NEWS

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says many Jamaicans have started to take the COVID-19 pandemic for granted, forcing the Government to now act by implementing stricter control measures.

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1.8 million COVID vaccines secured from Africa for Jamaicans – Tufton

Published 1 March, 2021

Basseterre

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Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Christopher Tufton, says 1.8 million COVID-19 vaccines have been secured for Jamaicans who are willing to take the dosages.

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11 Shot, Four Dead in Separate Shootings on St. Croix, Including One Woman; Car Flips on Highway While Carrying One Victim to Hospital

Published 28 February, 2021
Basseterre
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Vegetable Market shooting in downtown Frederiksted. By TOBY DERIMA FOR THE VIRGIN ISLANDS POLICE DEPARTMENT

ST. CROIX — Eleven people were shot and four are dead following three violent incidents on St. Croix between Saturday night and the wee hours of Sunday morning, all of which were said to be separate, unrelated occurrences.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ACKNOWLEDGES GENEROUS DONATION FROM INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

Published 24 February 2021

Basseterre

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ACKNOWLEDGES GENEROUS DONATION FROM INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS 

Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 24, 2021 (SKNIS): Kaye Bass, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Aviation, expressed thanks and appreciation to several international partners for their generous donation of an ambulance to the Ministry of Health, and a passenger bus to St. Kitts and Nevis Red Cross Society (SKNRCS) that were handed over during a brief yet significant ceremony on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at the Joseph National France (JNF) General Hospital.

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CARPHA Launches COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Survey

Published 19th February 2021

Basseterre

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CARPHA Launches COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Survey

Port of Spain, Trinidad, and Tobago. 18 February 2021.  As the Caribbean rolls out COVID-19 vaccines, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) launched a survey on 17 February to obtain views on the COVID-19 vaccines of people living in the Region and to determine their willingness to be vaccinated.

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