Gun, several rounds of ammunition seized as cops raid St Thomas party | Loop Jamaica

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Police assigned to the St Thomas Division seized one Glock 9mm pistol with a magazine containing nine 9mm rounds of ammunition during a targeted operation in Ginger Hall, Bath, St. Thomas on Saturday, July 09.

Reports are that at about 2:00 am, lawmen acting on information carried out a targeted operation at a party in the area. The premises was allegedly searched and the firearm was found.

No one was arrested in relation to this seizure.

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The monkeypox patient who fled the May Pen Hospital in Clarendon on Saturday afternoon is back in isolation after reportedly being picked up at his home, Loop News understands.

In its statement, the health ministry said it received reports that sometime after midday – the patient, who presented to the public health system on July 5, having arrived in Jamaica some five days earlier from the United Kingdom – was placed at an isolation facility, but left through a bathroom window of the facility and had a car waiting on Saturday about midday.

The ministry had appealed to members of the public for information on the whereabouts of the patient. He is being held in isolation until the highly contagious viral disease is cleared up.

Symptoms of monkeypox, a viral disease, include fever, intense headache, swelling of the lymph nodes, back pain, muscle ache, lack of energy, and/or rash. Person-to-person spread occurs through: direct contact with monkeypox skin lesions or scabs; contact with clothing or linens (such as bedding or towels) used by an infected person; and coughing or sneezing.

The virus enters the body through broken skin (even if not visible), the respiratory tract, or the mucous membranes (eyes, nose, or mouth). The incubation period is between five and 21 days.

Members of the public who experience fever, intense headache, muscle aches and/or rash on the skin, must immediately isolate and call ahead to their health centre or doctor before visiting.

All members of the public should wear a mask, frequently wash hands and practice physical distancing, as part of infection prevention and control efforts, the health ministry said.

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A hunt is on in Jamaica for the patient, who is the Island’s first confirmed monkeypox case after he escaped from a health facility where he was in isolation.

Police are on the case.

Local media reports quoting a Health Ministry statement said sometime after noon on Saturday, the patient – diagnosed on July 5, left the hospital through a bathroom window and departed in a waiting car.

He had arrived in Jamaica earlier from the United Kingdom.

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Monkeypox is a viral disease that can be transmitted from person to person.

In this regard, Health & Wellness Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton has asked anyone with information about the monkeypox patient to contact the police so the man can return to the isolation unit pending the resolution of his illness.

UPDATE: Local media reported Saturday evening that the patient was back in isolation after a team comprising police and hospital staff picked him up at his home.

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Two COVID deaths, 120 new cases, 17.3% positivity rate | Loop Jamaica

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Jamaica recorded 120 new COVID-19 cases over a 24-hour period up to Friday afternoon.

Two COVID-19 deaths that occurred from September 2021 to June 2022 were also recorded on Friday, bringing the overall coronavirus death toll in Jamaica to 3,155.

A 77-year-old woman from St Catherine and a 96-year-old woman from St Ann are the latest recorded COVID fatalities nationally.

The separate death of a COVID-19 patient is under investigation by health officials.

There were 66 recoveries on the day, bringing that tally to 91,582.

The newly confirmed COVID-19 cases brought the total number on record for the island to 143,865.

Notably, the island recorded a 17.3 per cent positivity rate based on the samples that were tested on Friday.

Of the newly confirmed cases, 68 are females and 52 are males, with ages ranging from one to 92 years.

The case count was made up of Kingston and St Andrew (51), St Catherine (23), St James (nine), St Thomas (eight), St Mary (six), Manchester (five), St Elizabeth (five), Hanover (three), Portland (three), St Ann (three), Clarendon (two), Trelawny (one), and Westmoreland (one).

There are 19 moderately ill patients, 12 severely ill patients and two critically ill patient among 1,244 active cases now under observation in Jamaica.

A total of 99 COVID-19 patients are now hospitalised locally.

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Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Marlene Malahoo Forte, says work is far advanced on the third draft of the Bail Act.

In June, Minister Malahoo Forte announced that a new Bail Act is coming, pending the revision of wording to some clauses.

Speaking in a recent interview, the minister said the current review process is focused on fine-tuning the law, with the aim of tabling it in September.

She noted that the existing legislation provides a good foundation on which to do the revision.

“The process aims to make it one of the best and most balanced pieces of legislation on a matter that people are very anxious about. We are coming up on the summer recess and it is looking like it’s going to be a September timeline,” she said.

The Minister told JIS News that the revised law will set out the entitlement to bail.

“It will look at the power to grant bail, the reasonable conditions on which bail will be granted, what amounts to sufficient cause for keeping someone in custody, and it will provide a good menu of the things to be considered by the court,” she said. The law is also expected to clarify the processes for review and appeal as well as to look at timelines within which actions are to be taken. “We are also moving to put prescribed forms in place to ensure that all matters that have to be communicated will be communicated in a standard prescribed form,” Mrs. Malahoo-Forte said.

She noted, further, that “there are new features to the law, in addition to localising it and taking into account the matters that we have been documenting and collecting data on within the Jamaican context.

The law really honours the principles that the courts have been given much guidance on and looks at what it is that bail is intended to do in a balanced way”. Minister Malahoo Forte said she is looking forward to the completion of the process.

“If I must say so myself, I am quite excited, because great care is required in preparing law. The policy behind the law must be very clear and what is drafted in the law must be equally clear to capture the policy intent in the legislation,” she noted.

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