With an additional 600 Jamaican cruise ship workers scheduled to arrive in the island this week, Director of the Western Regional Health Authority Errol Greene has conceded that there will be need for the redeployment of some health personnel to assist with processing them for disembarkation..
Mr Greene told Radio Jamaica News that health workers had to be pulled from their core duties to handle the more than one thousand Jamaicans aboard the Adventure of the Seas cruise ship which docked at the Port of Falmouth last week.
The Office of the Prime Minister has confirmed that a Carnival Cruise ship, transporting 240 Jamaicans, is due to arrive this morning (Tuesday).
A Disney vessel is tentatively slated to berth on May 29, carrying more than 400 Jamaican crew members
Another vessel belonging to Norwegian Cruise Line docked in Falmouth Monday evening. It brought home 174 Jamaican crew members.
Mr. Greene said other regional health authorities may be asked to assist as cruise ships line up to dock in Jamaica.
So far, the Jamaican Government has been able to repatriate 2,000 Jamaicans who applied for re-entry via the JamCOVID app.
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