Uruguay s Health Ministry Friday launched the application Mosquito Alert and urged the population to use it so that authorities can better fight the Aedes Aegypti mosquito which is behind the spread of dengue, zika, and chikungunya, it was reported in Montevideo.
Barbados and other Caribbean countries are being cautioned to take preventive measures because of the lingering presence of arboviral diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika in the region.
The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) said in a recent press release that member states should put preventive and control measures in place to reduce the transmission of these viruses.
CARPHA Executive
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