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Published On: Fri, Feb 19th, 2016 Main News | By Edition
Virologist Martina Expects Zika Epidemic On ABC-Islands
ByronTHE HAGUE ? Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao are on the eve of a Zika-epidemic. That is the expectation of Byron Martina, a virologist at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, Poeter Hofmann reports on Caribisch Netwerk.
Martina hammers on cooperation between the countries in the Kingdom to combat Zika. ?I think that the intention is there. Look at what you can do together and how you should organize that.?
The islands could use the expertise of the Erasmus Medical Center well. ?The most important question is now: is Zika responsible for microcephaly? Because so far this has only been established in Brazil.?
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The Dutch parliament discussed the Zika virus on Wednesday. Minister Edith Schippers (Public Health) said that ?a sense of urgency? in Caribbean Netherlands is sufficient.
Nevertheless, the minister is thinking about mandatory reporting. That is not the case yet, because the informal reporting system works alright according to Schippers.
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http://curacaochronicle.com/main/virologist-martina-expects-zika-epidemic-on-abc-islands/
Virologist Martina Expects Zika Epidemic On ABC-Islands
ByronTHE HAGUE ? Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao are on the eve of a Zika-epidemic. That is the expectation of Byron Martina, a virologist at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, Poeter Hofmann reports on Caribisch Netwerk.
Martina hammers on cooperation between the countries in the Kingdom to combat Zika. ?I think that the intention is there. Look at what you can do together and how you should organize that.?
The islands could use the expertise of the Erasmus Medical Center well. ?The most important question is now: is Zika responsible for microcephaly? Because so far this has only been established in Brazil.?
...
The Dutch parliament discussed the Zika virus on Wednesday. Minister Edith Schippers (Public Health) said that ?a sense of urgency? in Caribbean Netherlands is sufficient.
Nevertheless, the minister is thinking about mandatory reporting. That is not the case yet, because the informal reporting system works alright according to Schippers.
...
http://curacaochronicle.com/main/virologist-martina-expects-zika-epidemic-on-abc-islands/