“I
want to emphasise the importance of protecting oneself from mosquito bites
including when travelling to countries with Chikungunya transmission. Persons
should also get rid of mosquitoes and their breeding sites in and around the
home and be even more vigilant when they have guests from affected areas.”
Director,
Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services, Dr Marion Bullock DuCasse
as she confirms seven (7) new Chikungunya Virus cases on Friday
And
now there are 17 Chikungunya Virus Cases.
Director,
Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services, Dr Marion Bullock DuCasse
was again the bearer of the increasingly bad news. Another seven (7) persons
were confirmed by tests done on blood samples by the CARPHA (Caribbean Public
Health Agency) that suggests that they do indeed have the Chikungunya Virus as
stated in the article “Seven
additional cases of Chikungunya confirmed in Jamaica”, published Wednesday,
August 20, 2014 6:33 PM, The Jamaica Observer.
This
means we have a 17 persons infected with the Chikungunya Virus, 14 from local
Transmission and 2 who imported it in their blood. The extra person is still
being investigated as the Ministry of Health isn't sure that that it's local or
imported. The good News is that the parishes in which the Chikungunya Virus
hasn't changed though:
1.
Kingston and St. Andrew
2.
St. Thomas
3.
St. Catherine
4.
St. Ann
Yes
folks, Clarendon is STILL Chikungunya Virus free……for now!
Rain
Weekend due to Storms – Perfect Stormy Weather for the Aedes Aegypti Mosquito
Looks
like I might have to publish these results at least once a week, as I'm very wary
of its spread. But I'm become even more wary now that this weekend is set to be
a very rainy one, as the Meteorological Service of Jamaica is predicting
Weekend showers as noted in the article “Islandwide
rainfall expected over the weekend -- Met Service”, published Friday,
August 22, 2014 7:04 PM, The Jamaica Observer.
This
rains is both a blessing and a curse as it comes courtesy of a Storm System
that's battering Puerto Rico over the weekend as well as noted in “Puerto
Rico, US Virgin Islands brace for heavy rain as northern Caribbean faces storm
threat”, Friday, August 22, 2014 6:11 PM, The Jamaica Observer.
In
Jamaica, these rains have been long anticipated and should help alleviate the
drought like conditions. However, not only will it cause localized flooding,
but it'll also result in the creating of more breeding sites for mosquitoes. We
can deal with the water gathering in tyres and other containers.
However,
we can't control water that gathers in Ditches and Gullies which the Government
should have cleaned as part of preparations for a hurricane, as we're STILL in
an active albeit thus far quiet 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season as noted in my blog article entitled
“2014
Atlantic Hurricane Season looking Fairly Quiet - How Hurricanes are formed as
Hurricane making Landfall equals Disaster”.
Perfect
weather for the Aedes
Aegypti Mosquito
to multiply like wildfire! Thus the preparations by the Ministry of Education
and the Ministry of Health to anticipate a possible spread among children
within the Primary, High School and Colleges as stated in my blog article entitled
“Education
and Health Ministries Meet before 2014-15 Academic Year - How to Stop
Chikungunya Virus spread by Aedes aegypti Mosquito among Children”, are
just in time.
I’m
still yet to determine if any of the infected are children. Currently it
appears to be mainly adults; children would indicate that it’s spreading within
the Primary, High School and Colleges.
Summer
officially ends in September 2014. But if my prediction of a December 2014
Hurricane based on the ESA (European Space Agency) Swarm Satellites readings
of the Earth’s Weakening Magnetic Field as explained in my blog article entitled
“ESA's
Swarm Says the Earth's Magnetic Field is Weakening - How Weakening Magnetic
Field results in hotter Summer Days and Hurricanes in Christmas 2014” is
correct, then we may be seeing a lot of hurricanes and rainfall, enough to
spawn an army of Aedes Aegypti Mosquitos!
Here’s
hoping that Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar's extraordinary meeting in
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad will result in a greater coordinate effort to reduce
the spread of both the Chikungunya Virus and Ebola Virus as hoped for in my blog article entitled
“Trinidad
PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar's CARICOM Meeting - Preventing Caribbean Chikungunya
Virus and Ebola Virus Epidemic by Christmas 2014”.
Right
now, I’m gearing up for Storm Weather during the Second to last Weekend of August
as Summer 2014 draws to a close.
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