WESTERN BUREAU:
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is making the case for Jamaica’s tourism workers to be early in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccination.
Arguing that the quick inoculation of the front-line workers in Jamaica’s number one service sector will translate to a shot in the arm to aid the industry and Jamaica’s quick and full recovery, Bartlett stated that it was quite evident that the prolonged downturn and slow recovery of the tourism sector will mean indefinite hardship and economic stagnation for many economies globally, and potentially billions of people.
“This provides a compelling basis to consider the sector for early vaccination against COVID-19,” Bartlett stressed in comments to