The Blue CAPS group has expressed concern over a surge of unofficial reported cases of chikungunya in Georgetown and the rest of Region Four and the silence of local health authorities on the situation.
“…It is mystifying that Guyana’s public health authorities remain markedly silent on what might become the first wave of a burgeoning medical crisis,” the non-governmental organisation said in a statement on Monday, while reporting that it had received increased reports about the virus, which is spread through bites from infected mosquitoes.
The Health Ministry yesterday announced its schedule for fogging in Georgetown to “kill the adult mosquitoes which carry mosquito borne diseases.” The Ministry statement made no