Twenty-five cases of dengue reported in Trinidad & Tobago
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| Published on Saturday, August 23, 2008 |
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By Oscar Ramjeet
Caribbean Net News Special Correspondent
Email: oscar@caribbeannetnews.com
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Twenty five cases of dengue fever have been diagnosed this month at the Sangre Grande Medical Laboratory in Trinidad, according to the lab's clinical director, Anthony Lokai.
The Trinidad Express reported on Friday that the lab director said that, despite what was being said by the Ministry of Health, the situation was "really bad" in Sangre Grande.
He said so far for the month of August, "We have confirmed 25 people for dengue and had to refer ten of them for hospitalisation."
The Ministry of Health denied last week that eight year old Sashha Bickram died from dengue, but nevertheless ordered an investigation into her death.
It has also been reported that the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Local Government have now joined forces to combat the deadly disease.
Lokai believes that the spraying and clean-up being done by the Tunapuuna/Piarco Regional Corporation are not enough to reduce the mosquito infestations the community has seen within recent times.
The most recent communities to report infection with the disease are Moka Heights, Maraval and Mafeking Village in Mayaro.
Greta Martinm, a resident of Moka Heights, where three people have been confirmed with dengue, told the Express that the dengue situation has escalated into an "epidemic" because people were being infected throughout the country. | | | | Reads : 675 | | | |
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