Health Alerts

The parishes of St David, St George’s and St Andrew are to be the focus of vector control measures after an increase in dengue fever cases in the area. The national YTD total is nearing the count for all of 2019. A similar rise in dengue cases since July has occurred in nearby St Vincent and the Grenadines, which has also recorded four dengue-related deaths. Elsewhere, a Santé Publique France update on the French Antilles’ epidemics confirms activity is intensifying in Martinique and Guadeloupe; Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy are also in an epidemic phase. Mexico’s dengue cases are down on last year but still number more than 11,000 with highest reports from the states of Jalisco, Michoacán, Veracruz and San Luis Potosí. Read More