The National Public Health Reference Laboratory is expected to have the capacity to conduct testing for the Zika virus and similar viruses before the end of the week, according to Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton.
This, comes several months after two senior medical technologists from the National Public Health Reference Laboratory, completed training at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in Trinidad on operating equipment to test vector- borne diseases.
The technologists identified as Shameza Ally Sonaram and Johanna Vaughn, will be