Prime Minister Andrew Holness, says, to date, 2,300 Jamaicans have entered the island under the Government’s re-entry programme at a cost of $1 billion.

Holness said the Government is now focusing on repatriating Jamaicans by air.

But the air travel arrangements are a little bit more complex because you are dealing with more airlines and you are dealing with shorter schedules,” he explained.

Holness noted that the Government has “closely examined the carrying capacity of our airports and the resources available, given the more intense screening process that will be in place”.

“We are in dialogue with the airlines to establish schedules to June 14, with the view to have four flights a day for North America, two at each airport, one in the morning and one in the evening as well as an additional midday flight for the Caribbean,” Holness said.