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St. Vincent Health Authorities Dealing with Dengue Outbreak
September 23, 2020
Health authorities are urging that students be allowed to wear long trousers and long-sleeve shirts at schools in an effort to help combat the dengue fever outbreak, which has claimed two lives, including a nine-year-old student.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is experiencing its worst outbreak of the mosquito-borne viral illness in eight years, with 274 cases confirmed by laboratory tests as of Monday.
Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Simone Keizer-Beache told a news conference that correspondence had been sent to the Ministry of Education advising that it consider allowing children, students to wear long pants and long sleeves so that they would decrease their exposure...
St. Vincent Health Authorities Dealing with Dengue Outbreak
September 23, 2020
Health authorities are urging that students be allowed to wear long trousers and long-sleeve shirts at schools in an effort to help combat the dengue fever outbreak, which has claimed two lives, including a nine-year-old student.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is experiencing its worst outbreak of the mosquito-borne viral illness in eight years, with 274 cases confirmed by laboratory tests as of Monday.
Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Simone Keizer-Beache told a news conference that correspondence had been sent to the Ministry of Education advising that it consider allowing children, students to wear long pants and long sleeves so that they would decrease their exposure...
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