Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton says that the first case of the zika virus has been detected in Guyana.
GINA said that addressing the National Assembly, Norton explained that the presence of the virus was confirmed by the Caribbean Public Health Agency in Trinidad and Tobago.
The agency detected the virus in a sample of blood sent from Guyana to the agency. The Ministry of Health was informed about the detection on January 12, Norton reported.
He told the National Assembly that the agency also revealed that the sample came from a female, age 27, whose address is listed as Rosehall, Corentyne and also Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara. The case was said to have the symptoms of fever, body rash and pain, GINA said.
