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Editor, Senior Moderator
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Tuesday June 14, 2016 ? A nine year-old girl has died after contracting the H1N1 virus.
And the development has prompted Chief Medical Officer Dr. Merlene Fredericks to urge the public to be vigilant and remain on guard against vector borne diseases as the wet season progresses.
?Persons will recall that the island had a huge H1N1 swine flu outbreak in 2009, with thousands of children affected, and we actually had to shut down some schools because of the outbreak,? she said.
?But in 2009 we had no deaths in children from this disease. So we are right now investigating the situation. We want to ensure that the child in particular didn?t have any underlying medical conditions which may have predisposed to the outcome in that particular child.?
http://www.caribbean360.com/news/child-dies-st-lucia-contracting-h1n1-virus
And the development has prompted Chief Medical Officer Dr. Merlene Fredericks to urge the public to be vigilant and remain on guard against vector borne diseases as the wet season progresses.
?Persons will recall that the island had a huge H1N1 swine flu outbreak in 2009, with thousands of children affected, and we actually had to shut down some schools because of the outbreak,? she said.
?But in 2009 we had no deaths in children from this disease. So we are right now investigating the situation. We want to ensure that the child in particular didn?t have any underlying medical conditions which may have predisposed to the outcome in that particular child.?
http://www.caribbean360.com/news/child-dies-st-lucia-contracting-h1n1-virus