The Georgetown City Council will over the next two months, intensify the provision of routine environmental and health services as it joins the fight to prevent a dengue fever outbreak in Guyana.
As part of these efforts, the council will be hosting a cleanup of central Georgetown tomorrow.
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) recently warned that a major outbreak of dengue is possible. According to CARPHA, disease modelling predicts that another regional outbreak of dengue, similar to one which occurred in 2009, may occur in the near future. It said that the outbreak of dengue in Jamaica has elevated the level of concern in other Caribbean states and, therefore, advised countries to implement enhanced measures to reduce mosquito breeding and prevent the spread of disease.
