00:00The western side of the island was severely affected.
00:04Last night I would have reported that there were 19 confirmed deaths, 19 Jamaicans who lost their lives.
00:12We are expecting that over the next couple of days we will see a reduction in the shelters
00:18and we'll be in a much better position to manage how we respond to those locations over the next couple of days.
00:29As always the government is continuing to work really hard to get supplies to those who have been affected.
00:36As we all know the western side of the island was severely affected
00:41and so we are working to get relief supplies to them, food, get water to them
00:48and also to assist them in the rebuilding process.
00:52So today we're going to give you a lot of updates.
00:54Last night I would have reported that there were 19 confirmed deaths, 19 Jamaicans who lost their lives
01:02and this morning I've confirmed that that number has not changed
01:07but we have reports that are quite credible of the potential of four bodies being in West Milan
01:16that need to be retrieved and one in St. Elizabeth.
01:19We do not count the numbers until the JCF has been able to go to the site and retrieve the body and confirm it.
01:27So we're still at 19 confirmed but we do expect that that number will change today.
01:33Happy to announce that there are several helicopters on the way.
01:42Eight are between eight and ten from the U.S. government
01:45and those are the big helicopters that have the ability to transfer and treat patients
01:55that may need underground treatment plus of course be able to carry a lot of relief supplies.
02:0427,000 customers in the parishes of Kingston, St. Andrew, St. Thomas, St. Catherine.
02:13Kingston and St. Andrew will be restored 90% by Sunday, November 2nd.
02:19St. Thomas, 90% restored by midnight Sunday.
02:22St. Catherine, 75% restored by midnight Sunday, November 2nd.
02:29So we still want to hear about St. Mary and Portland and the others.
02:33Shelters.
02:35We are down to 430 shelters
02:39with about 7,000 persons still in shelters.
02:45But again, as I've been saying before,
02:49there are many communities that because of the conditions there,
02:54persons have generated shelters on their own.
02:59And we are expecting that over the next couple of days,
03:02we will see a reduction in the shelters
03:05and we'll be in a much better position
03:08to manage how we respond
03:11to those locations over the next couple of days.
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