Overview
- Officials confirmed 28 deaths in Jamaica, lifting the regional toll to at least 59 across the Caribbean.
- The government is setting up field hospitals in five western parishes, with the first slated for Black River today as exhausted medical staff seek relief.
- Doctors’ associations urged volunteers for Black River’s damaged hospital, while power and water outages and scarce fuel continue to hamper services.
- Plans to resume commercial flights at Montego Bay’s Sangster airport faltered as dozens of departures were canceled, including a Condor flight to Frankfurt, prompting many travelers to shift to Kingston.
- International aid has accelerated, with WHO medical teams and supplies, WFP food packages for 15,000 people, and IFRC appeals targeting support for Jamaica and Cuba.