According to Business Insider, on April 2, 2020 Two highly respected French doctors discussed on live television how a new COVID-19 vaccine under development should be first tested in Africa, “where there are no masks, no treatment, nor intensive care.” The two French doctors Jean Paul Mira and Camille Locht, in a segment broadcast on the French TV…
Read MoreThe Unanimous argument amongst world leaders are the massive testing is the answer to our prayers. Professor Anthony Costello, who now works at University College London, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, partly, “We must go to mass testing and when we remove the lockdown… then we will have a control mechanism which will enable us…
Read MoreAmerican multinational corporation Johnson & Johnson reported that it has 1 billion #Coronavirus vaccine on the way. The vaccine has been in development since January and testing will begins in September. According to BGR, Johnson & Johnson, after partnering with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), has committed more than $1 billion of investment to…
Read MoreThe popular Worldwide money transfer company Moneygram, have decided to increase it’s transfer fees amid the COVID-19 crisis. Up until March 16th all moneygram fees were $4.99 cents. This is inline with Western Union transfer cost. Moneygram have been our choice of transferring money to Jamaica since it has a better exchange rate than it’s…
Read MoreThe Social Media Sphere are buzzing with rumours, Miss World 2019 Toni-Ann Singh from Jamaica is in isolation for the #Coronavirus. The rumour states she is in isolation days after the Miss World Organisation President, Julia Morley was tested positive with the virus. There are no official statement from the Miss. World Organisation, or the…
Read MoreHAVANA (Reuters) – The Cuban government said it dispatched a team of doctors and nurses to Italy to help in the fight against the novel #coronavirus at the request of the authorities in the worst-affected region Lombardy. Cuba doctors and nurses dubbed “armies of white robes” were normally sent to disaster sites around the world…
Read MoreAmidst the current national caronavirus crisis, the Jamaica National Building Society Bank became victims of a cyber attack. A senior management here at Jamaica Live have an account with Jamaica National. On March 19th we made an attempt to report money to the bank from the United States and we were told the system was…
Read MoreMinister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke, announced what he described as the “largest fiscal stimulus in Jamaica’s history”. He made the announcement on Tuesday March 17 in a statement in the House of Representatives. The stimulus package is meant to mitigate against the expected negative impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on…
Read More13 March 2020 The Jamaican government announced in a #COVID-19 Press Conference on March 13 that Cuban nurses will come to Jamaica to assist with the #Caronavirus Crisis. The nation citizens will see the first 21 Cuban nurses arrive on the Island on the 24th of March.These are specialist nurses who will focus on primarily high intensity units. Minister…
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