Overseas partners pledge support for Zika virus management

Although Guyana has only recorded one case of the Zika virus, both regional and international partners have extended support to the Ministry of Public Health in the management and control of the virus, the ministry said in a statement released yesterday.

The statement was released after a meeting where Ministers and other officials from the Ministry of Public Health along with officials from the Foreign Affairs Ministry met with regional and international stakeholders to discuss collaborative efforts to fight the virus.

The meeting was held following the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of the