Caption: Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh
THE five persons who contracted malaria have been discharged from hospital and are in good health at their homes.
Minister of Health Terrence Delaysingh gave an update on the five malaria cases via voice message on Thursday.
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In a voice note, he said all necessary measures were taken by the Insect and Vector Control Division to deal with malaria in the part of south Trinidad where the cluster was detected.
Deyalsingh said, “I am happy to report that all persons that were hospitalised have been discharged and are well at home.”
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health issued a release stating that the five cases were detected and advised high-risk persons to take precautions to safeguard themselves against the disease that is spread by the female Anopheles mosquito.
Deyalsingh repeated the caution in his message on Thursday.
He said, “The main area of caution as we investigate the cases is our high risk populations and what do we mean. These are people who frequent forested areas: hunters, environmentalists, hikers farmers, members of the protective services who go into our forests especially in south Trinidad where we have discovered this cluster.”
Such persons should take precautions such as wearing, long-sleeve clothing, wearing insect repellant and sleeping with mosquito nets.
