Health officials report that although none have been connected to dengue fever, at least 6 deaths in Jamaica are being investigated.
At least 565 suspected, assumed, and confirmed cases of dengue fever have been reported in the Caribbean country, according to health officials in Jamaica, who declared an epidemic on Saturday.
According to the Ministry of Health and Wellness of Jamaica, the dengue outbreak occurred as its National Surveillance Unit “advised that Jamaica has surpassed the dengue epidemic threshold for July and August and is on a trajectory to do the same for the month of September.”
Dengue Type 2 is currently the prevalent strain, having last done so in 2010, according to the report. “At this time, there are no classified dengue-related deaths, but six deaths are being investigated.”
MOSQUITOES ARE NOW BEING BREED TO FIGHT DENGUE , WHICH THEY ARE ACCUSED OF SPREADING DENGUE FEVER.
Along with 213 regular employees, about 500 temporary vector control personnel have been hired and placed in high-risk communities all around the island, according to the Ministry of Health and Wellness.
Dengue viruses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “spread to people through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito.”
According to the CDC, about one in four infected individuals will develop moderate illness, which includes aches and pains, rash, nausea, and vomiting.
It takes roughly a week to recover.
This year, dengue fever cases may nearly reach record levels.
The CDC states that severe dengue “can result in shock, internal bleeding, and even death” in about 1 in 20 infected individuals.
Christopher Tufton, Jamaica’s Minister of Health, stated that “the Ministry and Regional Health Authorities have made the necessary preparations for a possible outbreak.”
The Aedes aegypti mosquito “breeds in any containerized environment” that can hold water, such as drums, tires, buckets, and animal feeding containers, the Ministry is informing the populace in Jamaica.
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