The number of Zika cases continues to increase, with Venezuela-born psychic Yesenia Gonzales among the latest victims.
Chief medical officer (CMO) Akenath Misir told the Express on Friday that Zika was now an epidemic and can easily be diagnosed based on the symptoms of a person.
Chief medical officer (CMO) Akenath Misir told the Express on Friday that Zika was now an epidemic and can easily be diagnosed based on the symptoms of a person.
He said numbers have increased from the figures given the previous week when there were some 115 cases.
The latest figures from the Ministry of Health for mosquito-borne diseases are: Zika—149, Chikungunya—4 and Dengue—23.
Misir said the exposure to the virus was more widespread and it can now be clinically diagnosed. He added that laboratory testing will be done for at-risk cases such as affected pregnant women.
The latest figures from the Ministry of Health for mosquito-borne diseases are: Zika—149, Chikungunya—4 and Dengue—23.
Misir said the exposure to the virus was more widespread and it can now be clinically diagnosed. He added that laboratory testing will be done for at-risk cases such as affected pregnant women.
Gonzales told the Express that she had been feeling unwell since last week Sunday and went to the San Juan health centre on Wednesday when she was diagnosed with Zika.
She said the symptoms she experienced were fever and a painful red rash, along with red eyes and joint pains.
She said the symptoms she experienced were fever and a painful red rash, along with red eyes and joint pains.
Gonzales said the medical staff informed her that the virus is an epidemic and there are many cases of people coming forward with the symptoms.
She commended the efficient service and treatment from both the doctors and nurses at the health centre.
Gonzales predicted that the epidemic can worsen and the local government authorities need to step up on cleaning the communities.
She commended the efficient service and treatment from both the doctors and nurses at the health centre.
Gonzales predicted that the epidemic can worsen and the local government authorities need to step up on cleaning the communities.
She said in her own area of Mt Lambert, there are piles of rubbish that need to be cleared and there is need for more spraying throughout Trinidad and Tobago, especially as it is the rainy season.
Gonzales said the Government cannot be blamed for a Zika outbreak as the responsibility lies in the hands of the people to keep their surroundings clean and not allow mosquitoes to breed.
She said many are abdicating their responsibility and should be penalised for putting themselves and others at risk.
Gonzales said the Government cannot be blamed for a Zika outbreak as the responsibility lies in the hands of the people to keep their surroundings clean and not allow mosquitoes to breed.
She said many are abdicating their responsibility and should be penalised for putting themselves and others at risk.
“Those people should be paying a fine so they would know some kind of discipline for their own protection,” she said.
Gonzales said she was prescribed paracetamol and benadril, which she received at the health centre.
Gonzales said while she received good care from the public health care system here, her heart bleeds for the people of her homeland as many, from the young to the old, were suffering and dying due to lack of health care and medication in Venezuela.
Gonzales said she was prescribed paracetamol and benadril, which she received at the health centre.
Gonzales said while she received good care from the public health care system here, her heart bleeds for the people of her homeland as many, from the young to the old, were suffering and dying due to lack of health care and medication in Venezuela.
She said there are children with Zika, Chikungunya and Dengue who have no access to medication and are helpless as political and economic instability grips the country.
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