5 persons infected with virus in Jamaica

yinka ogunlami 15:28 - 23 March 2016

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen at the Laboratory of Entomology and Ecology of the Dengue Branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in San Juan, March 6, 2016.

Jamaican health minister, Christopher Tufton during a press briefing at the Jamaica House confirmed that five Jamaicans have been infected with the Zika Virus.

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Tufton added that there might be more persons infected as the ministry is awaiting results of 145 samples that were sent to Trinidad and Tobago for testing.

According to , four of the five confirmed cases resides in Portmore, St Catherine while the last person is from Lyssons, St Thomas.

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