The Ministry of Labour says it will accelerate household damage assessment following Hurricane Melissa as it seeks to provide additional assistance to affected families.
The ministry says it will undertake a full-week surge in assessments, which will see the deployment of 600 assessors across the six most severely affected parishes.
It says more personnel are needed to increase capacity to complete the remaining 117,000 household assessments within this operational window.
The Category 5 storm hit Jamaica on October 28, causing widespread damage in western parishes.
The Labour Ministry indicated that 56,267 assessments have been completed to date, noting that an estimated 150,000 household assessments are required.
To speed up assessments, the ministry says it has boosted deployments with a support from World Food Programme-funded assessors, members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) National Service Corps, and redeployed Labour Ministry officials from several parishes to assist affected areas.
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