good afternoon I'm Giovanni Dennis with the
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Consultant sociologist and university lecturer Georgia Crawford Williams is urging the government
to use alternative measures to help contain the spread of covid19 Mrs. Crawford Williams says
the current safety protocols are not tailored to the socio-economic realities of citizens and that
may be the reason people continue to breach the measures Sandy Williams has the details.
Despite the increase the number of coving 19 cases and the rising death toll from the kovit-19 virus
people insist on breaching the safety protocols implemented by the government consultant
sociologist and university lecturer georgia crawford williams says it may be challenging
for some people to adhere to the measures for the purpose of survival mrs crawford williams explains
that in order for the measures to work they must be tailored to the socio-economic realities of
the citizens i'll give an example in jamaica we're hearing that there should be no events
now in jamaica there are over 500 primary schools normally at least two vendors are operating at
that primary school and usually far more but i'm just going to use two just for
you know for the purposes that we might have some schools that had none yeah
so we're talking about a thousand persons that since march have had absolutely no income since
march last year it just opted and perhaps it stopped now these individuals still have to
eat with some of the measures squeezing people's income mrs crawford williams says the corvid 19
restrictions need to be reviewed if you look at maslow's hierarchy of needs your physiological
needs come before your need for safety so it is illogical to say that events can't be held
or you're going to try to lock down every event when i saw people they must survive people who
had other sources of income before and they don't have it right now she is urging the government
to tailor kovin 19 solutions to the reality of citizens in ethiopia they have been training
midwives and persons who walk around in the villages to deliver babies they have been training
them as surgeons the who has been doing it because they found that they had a chronic lack of
surgeons and the result is that they have lots and lots of debts and so what they did was to tailor
their solution to the reality of the people and you know these midwives these people that
had no medical training before they are now doing life-saving surgeries and what i do know is that
what we have been doing right now is not working so if i try something new sandy williams tvj news
jamaica has secured an additional 20 000 modern vaccines for immunizing against covid19 however
that shipment will not get to the island until another three weeks shamila pulling reports
on wednesday india announced a temporary hold on all exports of kofi 19 vaccines
this delay is a setback for jamaica which is said to get the astrazeneca vaccine produced in that
country but speaking on power 106 morning agenda on thursday chairman of the national
health fund nhf howard mitchell says jamaica has secured some 20 000 doses of the modern vaccines
they are to arrive in the island soon we are in dialogue with about 25 suppliers we have issued
a purchase order for a small amount of moderna we've managed to get that and that's not here yet
working out the logistics of it we hope that that will come in in the next three weeks and the rest
of our commitments unfortunately come in april and in late april and in early may and that's the
issue the big issue is to fill the gap and we were hopeful of the of the kovac supply and other
one other um supplier which i suspect has been affected by this but despite this bit
of good news mr mitchell says based on what is happening with vaccine supplies and shipments
jamaica's vaccination timetable could be affected from mid-april because astrazeneca was one of the
first uh vaccines to market and so that there are more persons who have allocations all this work
is that way back last year and even before vaccine development was funded by government
in the countries that the manufacturers are are based in and also by investors by
financials those people got allocation which now in order to recoup their money they are
attempting to sell on the open market their allocations is not production so they sell you
the option to take the production when it is affected and that's part of the challenge to
iron out those flows meanwhile mr mitchell wants the government to broaden the spectrum
for private practitioners to have access to other corporate 19 medications for jamaicans to access
making a personal appeal to the ministry of health right and to the people who control the imputation
of medication that the doctors are desperately in need of rem despair for instance it's a tool for
the doctors to use to fight the infection by the virus we need to be more proactive
and more thoughtful in granting permits for these things shameless tvg news 458
new covid19 cases were confirmed on wednesday the number of confirmed cases now stands at 37
128. kingston and saint andrew recorded most of the new cases with 183 followed by sin catherine
with 100 meanwhile one more jamaican has died from the virus the number of coveted 19 deaths
now stands at 546. the latest person to succumb to the illness is a 75 year old from saint elizabeth
meanwhile 429 persons remain in hospital 44 are critically ill there are 19 589 active cases
members of the saint catherine municipal cooperation's public health and sanitation
committee are concerned about the state of morgues in the parish this is in light
of the restrictions on burials and funerals since march 8. assistant chief public health
inspector catherine denise douglas responded to the concerns at the committee's recent meeting
the public health officers are in fact monitoring all morgues or facilities that store human remains
and we should be able to provide you with a report um shortly because we're still in the process of
monitoring the demands but so far we have not found any major issue as yet under the recent
amendments to the burial orders interments are no permitted effective wednesday burials are now only
allowed mondays to fridays except on holidays from 9am to 4pm lasting no more than 30 minutes
and it's now time for a break here on the midday news but please stay
with us we'll have much more when you return
welcome back we're continuing the news
sections of west kingston remain tense following a shooting incident in tivoli gardens last night
two men are dead while another is nursing gunshot wounds tvg news understands that gunmen stormed
an area known as java sometime after seven o'clock after the shooting subsided three
persons were discovered suffering from gunshot wounds two later succumbed to their injuries
head of the police corporate communications unit senior superintendent stephanie lindsay gave
an update a group of men traveling a car entered the tivoli gardens area with high powered weapons
where they saw a group of persons at a location in the community and they
opened fire at those individuals at the end of the shooting three persons received gunshots
two later succumbed to their injuries she says a swift action by the police
has led to the arrest of two persons and a motor car was also seized now the police
are also seeking the public's assistance in finding several persons of interest
the cries from residents of marvel drive in san thomas for the authorities to fix the road in
their community have been answered as you'll hear in this report a recent visit to the
community by tvj news saw rehabilitation works in full swing sandy williams has the details
this is what the road in marvelly drive saint thomas looked like after it was battered by
heavy rains last october however the residency the road was already in a deplorable condition
for many years and they have been calling on the authorities to fix it we need a road proper road
we are tired at it now counselor everybody we need you can look at this we are so tired of it
i can't come out dressing my clothes after putting a big boot on my foot to come out
and when will come out me i have to leave it up the water wash off my foot and lotion for comfort
but their cries have not fallen on deaf ears in a recent visit to the community by tvj news
men were seen carrying out rehabilitation works on the marvelly drive and other roads in the area
the road which once resembled a dry river bed now looks like this counselor for the yellows
division john lee says the road work wasn't necessary the residents along with myself
are happy that we are actually getting a road that we can drive on comfortable to and fro
if the square should block this is the only alternative to take you out of the square
sandy williams tvj news the government will be spending more than 100 million dollars for the
transportation of sugarcane for the current crop season minister of education youth and
information fayval williams made the revelation at wednesday's post-cabinet media briefing
cabinet gave approval for the utilization of existing funds within the sugar industry authority
and the sugar company of jamaica holdings limited to provide transportation and logistics support
for the movement of 35 000 tons of sugarcane for the 2020 2021 year this will amount to 119 million
dollars ms williams explained that miss williams explained rather the cash redistribution the
funds for the transportation support and logistics support will be reallocated from the approximately
177 million previously allocated to the sugar industry authority and sugar company of jamaica
holdings limited over the past three years the government has expended over 500 million dollars
in support to facilitate the transportation of sugarcane and to effect repairs to cane roads
as part of the continued support to farmers and other stakeholders within the industry
to news in sports now the reggae boys will look to end their european journey on a high when they
take on the usa and their friendly international in austria today now the build-up to the game has
with it all the drama possible but a victory on thursday will almost put a lid on things
jeremy brown reports it's an assignment that came with a number of issues some players saying no to
the jff emergency departures late withdrawals and positive kobe 19 tests the reggae boys have
seen it all but despite the dark cloud they'll be hoping for a silver lining amidst the face masks
and isolations with several familiar faces opting to watch from their sofas one of those
who chose the soldier on with the task is that the veteran uk born defender adrian mariappa who
will be making his 50th appearance for the reggae boys so people have talked about commitment and
obviously being uk based and born in england but you know i can assure you you know for them you
know it's incredibly proud moment for them to be called up and to be involved you know with jamaica
and you know they wouldn't be here if that wasn't the case having not had the luxury of preparation
just how ready is the team for the assignment mariappa believes the game will tell on thursday
everyone's clear on their positions obviously or their you know the way we're going to play etc
um and yeah we'll see how it goes you know time is not a luxury that that we we had obviously so
it's a short time frame to to prepare but you know we're all professional about it so we go out there
to do the job also making the trip to austria is a 29 year old watford striker andre gray who is
getting his first invitation i've always wanted to um it's just been a very long process to
to get my grandparents things together and everything so it's been a few years since
i've been speaking with them and trying to get it done and finally we managed to do enough
so having been around the group he says that there are no gray areas heading into the game
we've got a good group and we've had a good time so far and i was looking forward to the game now
and tomorrow grey warmed up for thursday's game with a goal against birmingham on saturday and now
he's looking to do the same for the reggae boys hopefully a lot of goals that's what i want to do
and um experience as well i'm nearly 30 now so i've played for quite a while and hope i can just
just help the boys and achieve our goal the game will be carried live on tv jsn and on hit
standing to fm at 12 30 pm and delayed on tvj at 2 pm the west indies lost just one wicket in the
morning session as chasing 375 for victory they are 91 for two at lunch on the fifth and final
day of the first test against sri lanka this at the sir vivian richards stadium in antigua
now they require a further 284 runs with eight wickets jamaica's and chroma bona is on 50 and
kyle myers and is at the crease he's on 12 they are the knockout batsman for the wind is
now the wind is resumed on 34 for one this morning now captain krieg brathwaite
went just before lunch for 23 to la sit embodiana vishwa fernando is the other wicked taker for the
sri lankans now scores in the match sri lanka 169 and the west end is 271 and 91 for two now
just to give you the very latest in the game the westerners are now actually 107 for two after
lunch bono is on 50 and kyle meyer's on 17. and that's the midday news i'm giovanni dennis join
us at 7 for primetime news on behalf of the news sports and production teams have a good afternoon