The COVID-19 pandemic in Jamaica is part of an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed in Jamaica in 10 March 2020. It happened at the same time as the ongoing dengue fever epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean.
| COVID-19 pandemic in Jamaica | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Jamaica |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, China (global pandemic) Kingston, Jamaica (Local outbreak) |
| Arrival date | 10 March 2020 (4 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 1 day) |
| Confirmed cases | 507 |
| Active cases | 398 |
| Recovered | 100 |
Deaths | 09 |
On 12 January, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a new coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness on 31 December 2019.[1][2]
Unlike SARS outbreak of 2003, the case fatality ratio for COVID-19 [3][4] has been much lower, but the transmission has been greater, with a significant total death toll.[5][3]
The government announced a travel ban between China and Jamaica. All people entering Jamaica from China were quarantined for at least 14 days, and anyone who was allowed to land and showed symptoms of the virus was put in immediate isolation.[6]
On 12 March, Prime Minister Andrew Holness ordered all primary and secondary schools closed for 14 days.[7]
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