Visitors to Jamaica will soon have to pay a small, mandatory insurance fee for emergency medical and crisis response services as a precautionary measure amid the COVID-19 crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting in November, all non-Jamaican passport holders must pay a mandatory fee of US$40 to the new Jamaica Cares Insurance Programme, Minister of Tourism, and Co-chair of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC), Hon. Edmund Bartlett, announced Monday (October 26).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamaica is the first country in the world to offer this end-to-end health logistics coverage, according<\/a> to Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, aimed at providing travel protection and emergency services to tourists coming into the island, as well as to ensure the safety and protection of workers in the tourism sector and, by extension Jamaican citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The COVID-19 services will include rapid testing and triage for symptomatic travellers\u2019 treatment and associated care as needed in Jamaica, that includes up to $50,000 medical insurance coverage, access to Global Rescue personnel in Jamaica to ensure immediate response and up to $100,000 of international medical coverage to include medical costs that are incurred during travel home, repatriation and evacuation operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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