Local testing for the mosquito-borne chikungunya, dengue and zika in the public health sector is expected to begin shortly.
According to a GINA press release, two senior medical technologists from the National Public Health Reference Laboratory, Shameza Ally Sonaram and Johanna Vaughn, have completed training at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) on operating equipment to test vector- borne diseases and will work along with a number of other specialist staff identified by the ministry to perform specific duties in helping them complete these tests.
Chief Medical Officer, Shamdeo Persaud, explained that the ministry took
