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Jamaica Prime Minister calls Sunday morning press conference

Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness.
By G Haughton

Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has called a press conference for Sunday January 9 at 10:00 a.m.

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There is much speculation about the reason for the press conference which comes in the wake of the record daily numbers of new COVID-19 cases and increasing hospitalizations amid a fourth wave of the pandemic.

There is also mounting concern about murders.

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