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Dominica rejects use of genetically modified mosquitoes
CARIBBEAN 360
ROSEAU, Dominica - Dominica wants no part of the use of genetically modified mosquitoes to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the vector that carries the Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya viruses.
Community leader warns against Zika virus
ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI – A well-known community leader is calling on the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) to do more as it relates to the awareness of the Zika virus- a virus similar to the one that causes Chikungunya.
Residents blamed for spread of Chikungunya
EAST END/LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI – Blame continues to be tossed around as Government and residents blame each other for the rampant breeding of mosquito especially as the disease Chikungunya is spreading and the victims believed to be numbering in the thousands.
‘Fogging not a remedy against Chikungunya!’ – Carnel W. Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chief Environmental Health Officer Carnel W. Smith has warned that fogging is not a remedy against the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus and that residents must take the responsibility of removing containers and other receptacles that may gather water from around their premises.
Grenada Ministry of Health Forms Task Force on Chikungunya, Dengue
Caribbean journal
The virus has not come to Grenada, but Grenada’s Ministry of Health has formed a new mult-stakeholder task force on the health threats posed by the Chikungunya and dengue viruses in the Caribbean.
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