Trinidad & Tobago confirms cases of Chikunguyna virus

Trinidad & Tobago has become the latest Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to record cases of the Chikunguyna virus after the the disease was first detected in the region last December.

According to Health Minister Fuad Khan, the Trinidad & Tobago-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) had confirmed the three cases.

“The Ministry of Health has already been in contact with these patients to ensure the appropriate clinical care is received. Through our Insect Vector Control Division, we have begun the work of minimizing the spread of the vectors through the implementation of appropriate integrated vector management strategies,” Khan added. -(CMC)