(Jamaica Observer) Family members of the 79-year-old man that the Government yesterday said died from complications related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are threatening legal action, arguing instead that their loved one died from pneumonia.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Plunging arrivals out of the United Kingdom and Canadian markets as a result of COVID-19 have forced at least four Spanish hotels and several attraction operators to close their doors.
(Jamaica Star) The Government is intent on having discussions with Cuba to get more information about its antiviral drug, Interferon Alpha 2B, which is among medications being tried in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19).
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica has reported its first death from COVID-19.
The 79-year-old male patient, who is from Lionel Town, Clarendon and recently returned from New York, died at an isolation facility at Mandeville Regional Hospital this afternoon.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The police have identified a man as a person of interest in the case of missing University of the West Indies, Mona student Jasmine Deen.
(Jamaica Star) “I would come back to Jamaica if I could,” said a terrified Janet, who left the country in search of a better life in the United Kingdom in 2018.
(Jamaica Star) Commercial sex workers who ply their trade on the popular ‘Back Road,’ in Portmore, St Catherine, say the area has become almost a ghost town since COVID-19 emerged in Jamaica.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Though issued a strict warning on the weekend that their licences could be confiscated, some taxi operators have continued to deny nurses their services.
(Jamaica Observer) The support Zandriann Maye gave her daughter Jahzan McLaughlin during Sunday night’s audition round of American Idol, was the perfect boost for the 18-year-old Jamaican singer.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) has presented the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service with a proposal for a stimulus package for the tourism industry amid the global downturn in travel resulting from the novel coronavirus outbreak.
(Jamaica Star) Food and other necessities are reportedly running out in some of the households on Morales Drive in Seven Miles, Bull Bay, which is currently under quarantine.
(Jamaica Observer) New York, USA – The Jamaican community here is hunkering down and treating the coronavirus pandemic “with the utmost seriousness that the situation deserves”, according to several nationals interviewed by the Jamaica Observer .
(Jamaica Gleaner) An American woman who is expecting to get married in Kingston in a couple of days is feeling the impact of the novel coronavirus as she expressed dismay that none of her bridal party or invited guests would be coming to the wedding.
(Jamaica Gleaner) In quarantine now for 64 days in China, Jamaican teacher Ashley Thompson could now claim rights to being an expert on resiliency and the inner workings of the human spirit.