THE GLEANER MINUTE: Bed shortage grips hospitals| More JAMCOVID failings| $5B JUTC bailout
Feb 22nd, 2021 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:52FEBRUARY 22, 2021: A COVID-19 bed space shortage is griping the country as some key hospitals have either exceeded their capacity or are on the brink of turning back the sick…The US technology newspaper which broke the story about personal data exposure on the government’s JAMCOVID website says it learnt of another failing on Sunday resulting in corrective action from the developers Amber Group…Jamaica has surpassed the 200 mark for murders with less than two months gone in the year…Taxpayers, as is now customary, will be called upon to bailout the state-bus company JUTC with an injection of 5 billion dollars from the upcoming financial year which starts on April 1..IN SPORTS: Sagicor Jamaica has hit back at criticisms
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