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PORTMORE, St Catherine:
The Ministry of Health said dengue notifications tended to decline in St. Catherine, despite the 534 cases recorded last month.
Speaking during Portmore's visit to a Ministry of Health-sponsored responsibility tour that took place on Thursday night at Portmore Community College, the Chief Medical Officer of Health of Portmore said: National Epidemiology Unit of the Department of Health, Dr. Karen Webster Kerr, said Dengue notifications were recorded in St. Catherine for January, up from 187 last year. Of this number, 38.8% came from Portmore only. "
"I am very cautious, but I will say that there seems to be a decrease in notifications received in January, and based on the data we are currently collecting, we may see a downward trend," he said. she said. The gleaner.
Strain type 3
"The majority of these notifications were related to the virus type 3 strain," Webster Kerr added. She was not able to say what percentage was for deadly dengue haemorrhagic fever.
Health officials at the parish reported in January that of the 187 notifications received last year, 8% concerned dengue haemorrhagic fever.
At the same time, the Minister of Health, Dr. Christopher Tufton, touted what he described as a multi-faceted approach by the government to control the spread of the virus. This includes hiring more permanent or temporary health workers to increase outreach and identification of breeding sites in homes, destruction of breeding sites and development. scientific methods of controlling theAedes aegypti mosquito population, the vector that transmits the virus.
EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT
"The vector that spreads the disease is here to stay, so as a government, we need to find ways to deal with the crisis. I welcome the efforts of the government, which are proving effective in the fight against the disease, "said Dr. Tufton at the rally.
"We've made progress over the years, and according to the data we have at the department, it looks like we're at the highest level and we should start to see a downward movement," Tufton said, reinforcing the image of his state of health. professionals.
He added that allocations were currently allocated to members of parliament, councilors, the National Solid Waste Authority, the National Works Agency and the Ministry of Health.
"You think a few million dollars would have gone to the Portmore council. It is therefore incumbent on the council to come together and work together by working with the respective deputies and the parish public health team to join forces. other agencies should be a tremendous force to raise awareness and control breeding sites, "Tufton told Gleaner.
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