#COVID-19 | Jamaica confirms 13th Coronavirus case
Published:Tuesday | March 17, 2020 | 12:00 AM
Jamaica has another recorded another case of the coronavirus.
This pushes to 13, the total number of cases here and Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the latest person is linked to 'patient one' who came to Jamaica from the United Kingdom and had been staying in Bull Bay, St Andrew.
At a press conference at Jamaica House Tuesday, Tufton said this further justifies the decision to declare Seven and Eight Miles in Bull Bay, St Andrew a quarantine area.
Meanwhile, Tufton said, 26 people are now in isolation, 27 in quarantine in government facilities and 52 in home quarantine.
Health Minister Dr @christufton says the @themohwgovjm will place on its website countries with a local spread of #COVID19 who may be impacted by the new quarantine restrictions. pic.twitter.com/yMHXZaf6qG
— Jamaica Gleaner (@JamaicaGleaner) March 17, 2020
And, Permanent Secretary in the Health Ministry Dunstan Bryan says there have been "troubling signs" of people being denied services, by taxi operators for example, on the basis that they are suspected to have COVID19.
Permanent Secretary in the @themohwgovjm Dunstan Bryan says there have been "troubling signs" of people being denied services, by taxi operators for example, on the basis that they are suspected to have #COVID19. Discourages discrimination - @rmakyn video pic.twitter.com/HQpybehSKA
— Jamaica Gleaner (@JamaicaGleaner) March 17, 2020
Byran has discouraged discrimination.
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