{"id":5291,"date":"2020-05-09T15:46:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T15:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/?p=5291"},"modified":"2020-05-09T15:46:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T15:46:03","slug":"residents-on-montserrat-and-across-the-caribbean-urged-to-protect-themselves-against-mosquito-borne-diseases-such-as-dengue-fever-chikungunya-and-zika-despite-the-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/?p=5291","title":{"rendered":"RESIDENTS ON MONTSERRAT AND ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN URGED TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASES SUCH AS DENGUE FEVER, CHIKUNGUNYA AND ZIKA DESPITE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging people in the region to remember that despite the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, they must be mindful that other public health threats still exist.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3>CARPHA executive director Dr Joy St John, in a message in observance of&nbsp;Caribbean Mosquito Awareness Week 2020, noted that mosquito-borne diseases, such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika, have placed an additional burden on the region&#8217;s health care systems, and negatively impact social and economic development.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3>\u201cAs individuals and communities, we each have a role to play in preventing an upsurge of mosquito-borne diseases,\u201d she added.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3>Head of Vector-Borne Diseases at CARPHA Dr Laura-Lee Boodram said that during 2019 the Caribbean region experienced another outbreak of dengue, with many member states reporting an increase in the number of severe and hospitalised cases.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fanu1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/96407256_2624165857839434_1617938485623128064_n.png?_nc_cat=100&amp;_nc_sid=8024bb&amp;_nc_ohc=VkKFvsbO12MAX8ELw74&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fanu1-1.fna&amp;oh=50909c0ff4d4073fa5a9dd975757446a&amp;oe=5EDAEEEE\" alt=\"Image may contain: possible text that says 'DENGUE CHIKUNGUNYA ZIKA'\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fanu1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/96386107_2624157211173632_1318226901679996928_n.png?_nc_cat=111&amp;_nc_sid=8024bb&amp;_nc_ohc=LxHxSbDdz4MAX82P_L3&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fanu1-1.fna&amp;oh=901f6a41da7fb3ae39c1dd74a554b37f&amp;oe=5EDD992C\" alt=\"Image may contain: text\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fanu1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/96418419_2624157374506949_2226290538330456064_n.png?_nc_cat=105&amp;_nc_sid=8024bb&amp;_nc_ohc=Y-Mp_MVH5lQAX-_4cO7&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fanu1-1.fna&amp;oh=93182be056a401d9c6e89637b74d38aa&amp;oe=5EDC58D3\" alt=\"Image may contain: text\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging people in the region to remember that despite the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, they must be mindful that other public health threats still exist. CARPHA executive director Dr Joy St John, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/?p=5291\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001002,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5291"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}