00:00The health ministry says the accident and emergency departments of the hospitals across Trinidad and Tobago have seen no increase in people presenting themselves with dengue fever.
00:10However, when it comes to what is happening within communities, the ministry states, quote, enhanced surveillance activities by the insect vector control division, the epidemiology unit and numerous satellite surveillance units within the community are ongoing, end quote.
00:28According to the ministry, it is part of the mechanism for prevention, control and constant monitoring of diseases that are spread through mosquitoes.
00:37The ministry is asking people to be vigilant, noting that the country is in the rainy season, which began in June.
00:44It further notes that apart from dengue fever, the Aedes aegypti mosquito transmits Zika and chikungunya as well.
00:52As it pertains to dengue fever, symptoms usually appear between five and six days after being bitten and can last between one and two weeks.
01:02The ministry is asking people to reduce mosquito breeding sites by disposing of items that can collect stagnant water, cover water containers, cut and remove all bush and undergrowth where mosquitoes can thrive, to clean drains and guttering to allow for the free flow of water and to use mosquito nets and insect repellent where necessary.
01:26Alicia Boucher, TV6 News.
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