Mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus disrupting life in Jamaica

Some Jamaicans are blasting the administration for what they believe is a sluggish response to a public health threat they knew was on the way. Fenton asserts the government was prepared and is doing all it can to swat down the virus but the “expectation is for Chikungunya cases to spike and then trend down” as more people become immune. People develop immunity after getting infected.

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