good afternoon and Milton Walker with
the Midian you a special welcome if you
are watching on one spot media.com
Health Minister dr. Christopher Tov
Donna's just announced that travel
restrictions will be imposed on four
other countries which have cases of the
corona virus
dr. Tufton called a media briefing this
morning to provide an update and
Jamaica's response to the threat of the
virus travel restrictions will now be
placed on Italy South Korea Singapore
and Iran but that often said a decision
to place the restrictions was based on a
risk assessment of the corona virus in
these countries the government is also
reviewing the situation in Japan to
determine if travel restrictions should
be placed on that country Jamaica
recently announced a similar restriction
and travelled to and from China and as
the kovat 19 coronavirus spread outside
the mainland China the Jamaican
government is keeping a close watch on
the deadly outbreak the Ministry of
Health is making preparations to
unknowns more travel advices which was
just which were just announced while ago
is also seeking to increase the number
of quarantine centers across the country
the details in this report last month
the Health Ministry issued a travel
advisory for persons traveling to and
from China where the corona virus
originated and now news has surfaced
that there's an increase in the number
of countries with cases of the corona
virus globally more than 80,000 people
in about 40 countries have been infected
with the Kovan 19 which emerged in
December in an interview with our News
Center on Tuesday health minister dr.
Christopher Tufton said his ministry is
closely monitoring the global spread of
the virus
he said additional measures will be
implemented to prevent it from spreading
to Jamaica we have been on a daily basis
monitoring the spread of the virus and
observing the advisories coming out of
countries or the multilateral partners
wh1 others as well as assessing our own
capacity here in Erie
that the virus is a pandemic it is
spreading across the world and it's no
longer about cases imported from China
it is no about persons being contracted
within respective countries that is a
cause for concern for us because it
means we will not have to take a closer
look at those countries that are being
affected and we may have to elevate
travel advisory to include some of those
countries so it's um we're looking at no
we're having a discussion on it and
you'll hear some better particulars in
the desert doctor Tufton says in the
meantime more quarantine centres have
been identified however humans cautious
about identifying the locations
following the controversy which erupted
when the Saint Joseph's Hospital was
chosen we have identified five locations
not all five are upon running and
available I think three of the five are
there are two others that needs some
work and we're taking steps now to get
that to put those in place yes it is
still a quarantine facility that
facility is available if needed it is
empty and I know all is increased here
which are the other four I don't want a
court country over suffice that you know
listing out your if you so please pardon
me for not giving you the specifics
beyond the fact that they are suitable
once we put certain things in place Iran
South Korea and Italy have reported the
largest number of cases of the deadly
outbreak Italy has risen to four hundred
which represents a twenty five percent
surge in 24 hours on Wednesday the World
Health Organization said for the first
time the corona virus was spreading
faster outside of China burns more TVJ
news meanwhile concerns are being raised
in the United States over the testing of
people for the kovat 19 corona virus
this follows the first case of community
spread of the virus in California more
from the CNN when we're talking about
where you know what is happening with
corona virus in this country the idea
that it will start to spread from within
communities has been the concern all
along if you
public health officials at the CDC they
have said look it's not a question of if
but when and as the question now is is
this the point now has this started to
happen with this patient as you
mentioned no relevant travel to one of
these areas and no known contact with
someone who's infected
another concern John is that in many
ways the patient you know for many days
had symptoms may have been actually
exposing other people to this virus and
did not get tested in part because was
told that did not meet the criteria for
testing and keep in mind give you a
little context here in South Korea we've
been talking about about South Korea
they've been doing thousands of tests a
day on people in South Korea here in the
United States they've done maybe up to a
thousand total over the last several
weeks so this has been a concern are we
being too strict with who's who's
getting tested here and as a result are
we missing people keep in mind you know
you've heard the numbers the vast
majority of people of the 60 who are
diagnosed with this infection in this
country were people who are expert atria
from this boat the cruise line 14 people
were travel or known to be in contact
with travel this is the one patient but
but this is at odds with a you know what
we're seeing in many other countries
around the world now so have we not been
testing enough in this country and as a
result have we missed what could be many
more people who've been diagnosed this
infection Parliament's Public Accounts
Committee the PSC is to begin scrutiny
of the audit report on a Caribbean
maritime University CMU when it resumes
its next sitting next month a March 17
date was set during the PA C meeting on
Tuesday opposition committee member
Peter bunting suggested the audit report
should be the next thing tackled by the
committee PSC chairman Mark Golding said
it did not anticipate any roadblocks to
the move the proposal from member
bunting is that we move next to the
special audit report on the carbon
maritime Institute governance procure
human resources management and the Prime
Minister had at my request given an
undertaking that the government members
who have a majority and the committee
would not hinder that process so we
don't anticipate any any demur in that
regard the report from the Auditor
General's Department has outlined
unsupported payments totaling three
hundred and thirty two point nine
million Jamaican dollars and two hundred
and ninety three thousand four hundred
and forty five thousand four hundred
forty five US dollars it also stated at
weak financial controls allowed for the
improper transfer of a hundred and forty
five million Jamaican dollars from the
same US bank account to a trust fund
with no accountability for how the money
was spent
CMU president professor Fritz panic and
for medication Minister will read are
facing criminal charges in relation to
some of those matters mr. Reed's wife
Sharon their daughter Cheryl and counsel
for the brownstone division Kimber
Lawrence were also arrested and charged
with fraud offenses we take a break now
on midday news
we'll be right back
welcome back continuing the news company
secretary for sim biotin vestments which
trades as carousel minute Lawrence is of
the view that the companies again been
unfairly targeted for in last week's
raid on offices it once occupied
Eastwood Avenue in st. Andrew mrs.
Lawrence says the company ceased
operations last year and transferred
network assets to extranet Limited which
no operates from the location she added
a carousel stopped operating on a
network in December 2018 the police and
Technology Minister favoured Williams
have said the decision was made to
conduct a raid at Eastwood Avenue office
after carousel failed to adhere to the
cease and desist letters from the
spectrum management authority the SME
mrs. Lawrence says she's not aware of
any such breach on a part of a symbiotic
investments the government is hitting
back at the opposition over suggestions
that it isn't doing anything to protect
the country's agricultural sector Prime
Minister Andrew Holness responded at the
Agriculture Show in The Hague yesterday
TV J's a Shane masters picks up that
story the country's agriculture sector
has been faced with a myriad of
challenges which have caused the decline
of a production of some local produce
over the past few years the country have
been faced with poor long the drought
and fires on some agricultural lands
those issues led the opposition calling
for the government to put in place
measures to combat the long term impact
on the sector they contended that if
they were in control of a country's
affairs things would be better but Prime
Minister Antonis says not so when you
had your turn at the wicked make sure
that you do shop with the time that you
have at the wicket don't get into the
game get the bath
don't make any runs and when you go back
to decrease go talk to the Internet in
the pavilion you have
but when they did at the but you never
big neurons he says the government has
been taking steps to secure agriculture
but it's not easy he explained why sugar
is declining lands are being released
the truth is being released as quickly
as we should with alternative crops many
problems why that is the case but a
large part of it is that we have not
been able to attract large portion
masters TVJ News Wisconsin communities
in mourning after a man killed five
people in the latest mass shooting in
the United States we go more to the CNN
for more active shooter what reports of
one person shot a territory and armed
employee storming a Milwaukee brewing
complex Wednesday gunning down five
people we have located five additional
deceased adult victims the victims all
worked at Molson Coors
police say the 51 year old man
eventually turned the gun on himself
five families six families actually are
grieving and will be grieving because of
this horrific act of this individual
more than a thousand employees were
working on the sprawling campus when
they began receiving texts and email
alerts about an active shooter find a
safe place active shooter on campus
police are on scene remain on lockdown
dispatch from one fire engine call the
scene a war zone
the names of the victims have not been
released nor has the motive of the
shooter we're here on the scene of
another American tragedy and an assist
list America tragedy and I hate to say
that it's in our backyard once again
this is the 11th mass shooting in our
state since 2004
in sports a mystery virus among the
horse population that came on a spark
impacted several horses on the 11 race
day Ashwin's the program the virus has
also resulted in the rescheduling of the
race program which had been slated for
this Saturday
Spencer darling was that came on a spot
for the Ashwin's the program and file
the support well the virus affected
several of the horses who were slated to
run on the Ashwin's the program 122
horses were slated to face a starter 16
of those horses were declared late
non-starters and a 15 of them were said
to be having an ailment
we sought an explanation as to exactly
what is happening within the host
population at this time from the scene a
veterinarian at the Jamaica Racing
Commission doctors at Auburn Bartlett
the problem with the horses is that they
were essentially refusing their feeding
the grain field however they have been
on the eating grass and they're eating
the hay and they're drinking water quite
well it would appear to me as if there
is some slight change in the feed which
they respond which they respond to 18
time former champion trainer when the
hosta has been affected as well 16 of
his 67 horses I've shown the symptoms of
the virus it started about a week and a
half ago without his first league when I
didn't feed me a temperature they had a
low-grade temperature but one enough to
be concerned and somebody was showing
colicky signs what within our three four
days they got over the all the symptoms
of the virus and also other top line
trainers Gary sobriety and Ian Prasad
each have 11 on their horses being
affected so I just think it's a it's a
bug it's a virus we get it like every
year this time of year we know we've got
two reasonable things miss one other be
a little more aggressive we do you know
that everybody's getting at the same
time but the first thing that we saw was
that horses were bucking off at a feed
some of them were actually leaving feed
altogether that happened from last week
Tuesday
until this Monday maybe eight of my
horses show that same since Monday I've
had three new cases but this is no
and in itself differently horses that
have had high temperatures 104 degrees
three of them in all and then this
morning
mahogany actually came down with a
hundred and three degree temperature
he wasn't eaten before so you know it's
it's tough board the virus has affected
a number of the entries for this
Saturday's program and as a result that
program has been rescheduled for next
Wednesday so the program which had been
set for February 29 will not be
contested on March 4 elsewhere on the
Ashwin's the program they feature as
fresh wins the trophy for overnight
allowance horses going over a six and a
half furlongs went to the even-money
favorite Prince Charles but Prince
Charles had to fight off a relentless
stretch drive challenge from wartime and
ended up winning in a driving finish
under apprentice Ryan Lewis who had a
three timer on the program Prince
Charles came home in one minute 20 flat
and won by a short a leaping forward and
Prince Charles strikes the lead inside
the final 3/16 I restrain on the rail
grid and in between horses war time out
wide el profesor begins to bubble to the
ball in behind them Prince Charles just
the leader war time now whirring him
it's Prince Charles and a war time going
at it up front El profesor gets room
against the real Prince Charles on war
time these two bobbing nose is close
between Prince Charles and war time then
reporting from ke- Park I'm Spencer
Darlington the four TVJ sports and
that's the media news I'm Milton Walker
join us at 7:00 for primetime news on
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