Now health ministry admits one dengue-related death
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 1 comment
The Ministry of Health is now reporting that there has been one presumed dengue-related death so far this year.
The information runs counter to Sunday's news release by the ministry stating that there were no confirmed reports of dengue-related deaths on the island.
Sunday's news release was issued in response to the lead story in the Jamaica Observer that day reporting the concerns of a Hanover resident that two deaths in that parish, between December 2017 and April 2018, were caused by dengue fever.
The Hanover resident, Keisha Rhodes, said that autopsy reports indicated that the two individuals close to her had died of dengue fever.
In relation to Rhodes' concerns the health ministry had sent responses to the Observer saying that between May 2017 and April 2018 there were 227 suspected cases, 13 confirmed cases, and only one confirmed death relating to dengue fever.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018 1 comment
The Ministry of Health is now reporting that there has been one presumed dengue-related death so far this year.
The information runs counter to Sunday's news release by the ministry stating that there were no confirmed reports of dengue-related deaths on the island.
Sunday's news release was issued in response to the lead story in the Jamaica Observer that day reporting the concerns of a Hanover resident that two deaths in that parish, between December 2017 and April 2018, were caused by dengue fever.
The Hanover resident, Keisha Rhodes, said that autopsy reports indicated that the two individuals close to her had died of dengue fever.
In relation to Rhodes' concerns the health ministry had sent responses to the Observer saying that between May 2017 and April 2018 there were 227 suspected cases, 13 confirmed cases, and only one confirmed death relating to dengue fever.
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