THE GLEANER MINUTE: St Ann hotel COVID clusters | Murder tally soars | Paulwell warns PNP
Jan 17th, 2022 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:55#JamaicaGleaner JANUARY 17, 2022: The St Ann health department is reporting several COVID-19 clusters at six hotels in the parish … With increasing COVID hospitalizations, now at 486, and concerns beds are running out, two business groups are split on whether Prime Minister Andrew Holness should reconsider his tough stance against tighter restrictions to slow the spread of the virus … Jamaica has recorded two consecutive weeks of 30 plus murders since the start of the year, bringing the homicide tally to 72 as at January 15 … Former PNP chairman Phillip Paulwell believes the his party will suffer consequences for its decision not to support the government’s bid last November to extend states of emergency in seven police divisions nationwide
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