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Hire more nurses for field hospitals, NAJ says

The Jamaican Government has been urged to hire out-of-work nurses to staff its COVID-19 field hospitals as the public health sector buckles under the burden of mounting infections. That is one of the decisions weighing on the mind of Prime Minister...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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SIXTEEN fewer people died in traffic crashes last year, when compared to 2019, but it was not enough to reassure head of the Road Safety Unit in the transport ministry, Kanute Hare, that the carnage on the nation's roads is abating.

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Treasury fails to impress with budget plan

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Mexico sees holiday bump in tourism amid pandemic surge

TULUM, Mexico (AP) - The friends from Jackson, Mississippi, relaxed on lounge chairs dug into a white sand beach and romped in the turquoise Caribbean waters, grateful for a break from the pandemic winter in the United States.

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Rwanda Spends Rwf50 Billion in Fight Against Childhood Stunting

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COVID curfew crackdown for Westmoreland

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Rwanda Needs Rwf12bn for Cervical Cancer Screening

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