The Joint Parliamentary Opposition – APNU+AFC is sounding the alarm that Guyana is headed towards a major health crisis as the rate of dengue infections continues to climb.
In a statement on Thurs-day, A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) stated that 3,453 persons in Guyana have so far contracted the vector-borne illness of which 2,169 or 63% are active. Those stats vary with the Ministry of Health’s data published by the Stabroek News in yesterday’s edition. The Opposition’s release noted that two weeks ago, Region Six recorded in excess of 107 cases of dengue with 24 cases in twenty-four hours according to that region’s Regional Democratic Council (RDC). The release posited that with the rise of cases of dengue at a steady pace, Guyana seems to be heading towards a public health crisis.