Concerns about reinstating COVID-19 restrictions that were lifted in March are increasing after the fifth wave of COVID-19 was confirmed in Jamaica. Some are of the view that more focus should be placed on vaccinating Jamaicans while others suggest that managing...
“A day can make a difference” an assertion from the President of the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ), who is urging the government to adjust the 1 am curfew for new year’s eve amid a rising positivity rate, low vaccination rate and...
We will explore a few of the latest issues relating the breakthrough of COVID-19 cases. Professor Peter Figueroa from the Department of Community Health and Psychiatry at UWI Mona and Medical Association of Jamaica President, Dr. Brian James; joined the CVM Live Panel...
President-elect nominee of the Medical Association of Jamaica, Dr. Roger Hunter calls for focus less on oxygen therapy when treating COVID-19 patients and more on permissive relative hypoxia, unless absolutely necessary, citing the need to conserve the drug amid the...
New COVID-19 cases surged to a record high on Friday, August 20, amid the third wave of the pandemic. Jamaica recorded 794 news cases at a positivity rate of 43.8%. The number of hospitalizations stood at 551, with 121 persons requiring oxygenation support. President...
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