MoH: Get yellow fever vaccine
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THE Ministry of Health on Tuesday urged people to ensure they have been vaccinated against yellow fever.
“Members of the public are advised that there has been a recent increase in the number of deaths within the monkey population in South Trinidad,” a ministry statement said.
“Laboratory testing by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) subsequently confirmed the presence of the yellow fever virus in samples obtained from the bodies of dead monkeys from this area.”
Routine public health surveillance on the the monkey population is done by the Veterinary Public Health Division and the ministry’s Insect Vector Control Division.