' + 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(); Ministry of Health not ruling out private distribution of COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, July 21, 2021 DR Christopher Tufton, the minister of health, is indicating that the Jamaican Government is not yet ready to permit private distribution and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines, but it might be considered later. He told the Jamaica Observer, “Well, over time it will move in that direction. The public sector would still need to oversee the process.” COVID-19 deaths and cases are on the rise again globally. Cases rose 10 per cent last week to nearly 3 million, with the highest numbers recorded in Brazil, India, Indonesia, and Britain. This reversal in numbers has been blamed on low vaccination rates, the relaxation of mask rules and other precautions, and the swift spread of the more contagious Delta variant, which WHO said has now been identified in 111 countries and is expected to become globally dominant in the coming months.