The Industry Health Centre has referred over 100 suspected Chikungunya cases to the Georgetown Public Hospital after residents from four communities exhibited signs of the mosquito-borne virus, a source has said.
A reliable source at the clinic stated that over 100 persons visited the centre with clinical signs of the virus and were referred to the hospital for treatment and blood testing. The source further stated that they saw patients from Liliendaal, Industry, Ogle and Cummings Lodge who complained of severe joint pains and high fever—all symptoms of the virus.
“We have had a lot of patients with muscle pains, joint pains, severe fever and headaches,” the source said, describing the situation as an outbreak.
There were reports of the virus being present at Liliendaal and Plaisance on the East Coast of Demerara—where one young woman had to be hospitalised. These reports continue to surface as cases of the mosquito-borne virus climb in Berbice. There were reports of hundreds of villagers in Crabwood Creek and Albion travelling to the New Amsterdam Hospital for treatment.
Shadow Health Minister for the main opposition, APNU Dr. George Norton said that they could not
