East Coast health centres seeing fewer chikungunya cases

The number of chikungunya cases are decreasing across the East Coast Demerara, as health centres continue to see fewer patients with the symptoms.

The Beterverwagting and the Industry health centres have recorded a drop in the number of the cases, authorities at the centres told Stabroek News yesterday.

The source at the Beterverwagting Health Centre stated that they were seeing at least one person a week at the centre.

At the Industry Health Centre, a source said most of their cases were “check-up patients”, those who