Hanover health official urges residents to heed COVID precautions jamaicaobserver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jamaicaobserver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
WESTERN BUREAU:
The Chances Rehabilitation Centre, which operates two separate compounds in Eastern Hanover, has been given a two-week lifeline by authorities as the debate rages as to whether or not they will be allowed to continue operating.
The centre, which accommodates four mentally challenged persons, which includes four females, formerly operated in St James but was ordered closed by the St James Health Department, which was, among other things, concerned about the health situation.
Without the knowledge and consent of the Hanover municipal authorities and the parish health department, the owners of the facilities pulled out of St James and started operating from three buildings in the districts of Chigwell, and Rejoin, in the eastern section of Hanover.
WESTERN BUREAU:
The Hanover Municipal Corporation which had given clearance for the staging of a grand market in the town of Lucea in the lead-up to Christmas has had an about-face, calling off the event as a COVID-19 precautionary measure.
The decision was taken following a meeting with Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton on Tuesday, during which the dramatic spike in COVID-19 cases in Western Jamaica was discussed.
Prior to the meeting with Tufton, Councillor Easton Edwards of the Lucea division, and Superintendent Sharon Beeput, the police commander for the parish, had both expressed concerns about the granting of permission for the staging of the event.
MOH expresses concern about spike in COVID-19 cases in Hanover jamaicaobserver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jamaicaobserver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.