A 16-year-old of Eccles, East Bank Demerara, is the country’s second confirmed Zika virus case, while one US state has reported that a 56-year-old woman, who returned from a visit to Guyana, has also tested positive for the virus.
Minister of Public Dr George Norton and Chief Medical Officer Dr Shamdeo Persaud told reporters yesterday that the teenager, who had no history of having travelled outside of Guyana, had tested positive after a blood sample from him was sent for testing in Trinidad and Tobago.
“The person has no history of travel outside of Guyana. He did visit one of the hinterland regions more than a month prior to the occurrence of the symptoms, which started with a fever and then came down with a
