' + activeFrame.title + ' '); $(".fotorama-caption").addClass("add_caption"); $(".fotorama-caption").removeClass("remove_caption"); } else { // alert("hide div"); $(".fotorama-caption").addClass("remove_caption"); $(".fotorama-caption").removeClass("add_caption"); } }) .fotorama(); Curfew helping to reduce COVID reproductive rate, says Webster Kerr Tuesday, May 18, 2021 KINGSTON, Jamaica — National Epidemiologist, Dr Karen Webster Kerr says an analysis has indicated that longer curfew hours help to reduce the reproductive rate of COVID-19, which is a measure of a virus’ transmission. Dr Webster Kerr was speaking during last Thursday’s COVID-19 press briefing. A reproductive rate above one indicates an increase in cases, one indicates the disease’s transmission is stable and below indicating a decrease in cases. Jamaica’s positivity rate is currently below one.