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THE Ministry of Health and Wellness is to start releasing the daily COVID-19 numbers via its website at 10:00 am each day, beginning this morning, as it moves into a new phase of its management of the pandemic.In fact, it also has plans to, within the next two weeks, establish a field hospital in the Corporate Area, and two other such facilities in central and western Jamaica shortly thereafter.

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

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