The dreaded Zika Virus has been confirmed in Dominica.
The virus was confirmed by a laboratory test, the Minister of Health, Dr. Kenneth Darroux said on Tuesday.
He said the patient does not have a history of traveling outside Dominica recently, hence, it was locally transmitted.
He also said the Ministry wishes to reassure the public that there is no need for alarm.
He noted also said the patient has since recovered well and is currently at home and all immediate contacts have so far deemed healthy.
“To date a total of 13 samples have been tested for Zika with only one being positive,” Dr. Darroux said.
Below is a video of Minister Darroux making the announcement.
Dominica was in the limelight yesterday and last night on a Toronto TV Station – CP24 and no doubt other TV and Radio Stations, pertaining to the virus in Dominica.
I still have chickengunia omg
If the Zika was contracted locally, there had to be someone in Dominica carrying the virus, and bitten by the mosquito which then infected this new person. So, there are at least two people in Dominica with the virus
The great Zika hoax scam continues.
Don’t take the vaccine folks and keep away from the fumigating. Both are the inherent traps of the scam.
wait a minute… this mosquito is the same one that transmits dengue chikungunya and now zika right? i’m just trying to understand. so this means that zika was always here. cause this mosquito has been on the island cause we know that not too long we had lots of chikungunya cases here.i don’t understand this at all. this one type of mosquito that has been in existence for decades carries all these viruses and is only in this day and age decides to upgrade from dengue to chikungunya and now to zika?unbelievable! i believe there is another explanation.and people before you all start to get political its not only here in dominica.it has been affecting other countries for a while now.
The Aedes aegypti mosquito is capable of hosting all three viruses. One individual mosquito is not necessarily carrying all or even one at any given time. If a mosquito that is not carrying the virus bites a human that is infected, that mosquito could pick up the virus. When it goes and bites another human, that virus can get into their blood, infecting them. What happened here is that a person who did not know they were infected, came to Dominica, got bit by a mosquito here. Then that mosquito bit another person, infecting them.
Is not stupid.typo
No need for alarm????? The rest of the world is alarmed.So you are creating a layed back attitude in the public when you say no need for alarm which will then causr the ppl not to protect themself and the causing more infection.I guesd you forgot that zika has serious implications to unborn babies.Can you imagine a generation of microcephalics in dominica i guess mabe thats when you will be alarmed. Thank god that every one is stupid. That dont be alarmed trick donr work any more the ppl are more educated now. SO when they say dont be alarmed RUN. THINK befor you speak minister.
what measures have been put in place for this virus?
have we thought of screening people who came other parts of the world? those close to us were already confirmed to have this virus spreading. when the people comes in on boat or plane, what measures were put in place to fight the spread? Giving a person a piece of paper for them to full in does not curb the problem because they could state on the paper that they have not traveled to any other country in the last month rather than where they are coming from, when in fact they could have traveled to 3 other places.
I think that we need to take this more seriously. Health personals should be stationed at all ports of entry and this should have been practiced a long long time ago.
I pray to God that this thing does not spread in our country. We have so much dealing with at the time.
Dem man accept the modified mosquitoes.
I really cannot believe that Dominicans didn’t expect Zika to reach our shores…Seriously man?? This thing is all over the damn Caribbean. Quite frankly I’m surprised it took to long to reach us with Guadeloupe and Martinique being so badly off already.
The government did take some measures to reduce the spread through the national clean up campaign. Come on now..Labour or UWP there is so much any government can do to prevent the spread of a disease already spreading in epidemic proportions, not only in the Caribbean but in the US and South America. The onus is on us as individuals to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes by keeping our surroundings free of receptacles that could retain water thereby creating a home for these mosquitoes. Even for a highly political country like Dominica this is something we as citizens can do.
Oh please. You don’t want people to panic so you saying there is no need for alarm. People dieing of this shit, babies malfunctioning. Well I myself panicking all now. I want no visitors at my home if you come I not opening my door talk to me through my screened window and I myself not visiting anybody home for there mosquito to bite me.tomorrow all bop and baygon my whitchurch finish.
MR darroux instead of comeing and publicly telling we the people of dominica that there is no need to to be alarmed it would be better if you tell your boss that the people from your village who he put in people’s houses with the promise that he will pay the rent after erica to pay it because some of these people are being embarrassed by the landlords as they are not able to obtain their monies from the government for their . houses. or don’t you have the testicular fortitude? i find that rather distasteful as your boss was able to let go $91,000 for the biggest economy in the world today while we need 1.3 or 5 billion dollars to rebuild our island after erica.shame on you sir and your tail waging puppy behaviour
You’ve failed the people, because you know that information is incorrect. PMH has had several cases reported already.
There was alarm when we heard of its approach – Now it has struck they are telling us “no need for alarm.” Could you understand that?
The Great Zika Hoax continues:-
Fumigate – spread the chemicals that cause the effects attributed to Zika
Vaccinate – do the job attributed to Zika and continue the eugenics movement spearheaded by NWO agent, the UN,
AND
sterilize recipients
give them cancer
shorten their lives.
The Zika scam continues whilst the very things that are causing its effects – pesticides in our food (as Brazil found out) – go on being dumped on us by the very same folk who wish us all dead!
Let Darroux be the first one to take the Zika vaccine; for him and his family to live right next to ‘fumigated’ areas; to abtain from sexual intercourse – permanently – so as not to spread the hoax virus; to have all his food swamped with pesticides from Monsatan.
Every virus result in much propaganda. It scares the people and makes them paranoid. They never tell us the true story.
Think of Ebola. It is strange that these viruses surface from time to time. There is speculation about it.
A few years ago it was SARS. It was said that it originated from China. Toronto got its share. Some people died. A few who medically administered to those who were hospitalized in Toronto died. If I am not mistaken, I think approximately 34 people died in Toronto. It was scary. Some people walked with a covering over their nose and mouth.
It affected even the Catholic Church, in that we were told not to shake hands at the time of wishing each other “Peace.” The Holy Water font in these churches were empty for fear of contracting SARS.
Most buildings as also the Catholic Church have a cleansing lotion for the hands. The thing about it is, the people have to hold the top to do so. I do not bother with that.
We wonder what is next?
zika has been there since carnival ,there were alot of foreigners here. we need prepare for this so we will not fall in hospital hands for them to kill us clean allu yards , clean roseau clean the guters empty allu uncovered barrels we cant afford to get zika at this time of people dont have money especially since erika pass we cant recover take care of our environment please.
U wud kno it was there because you dat put it dre….damn illiterate…
The gutters were cleaned and flushed but no sooner, they litter again. Call on the litters to stop the littering and the rubbish excuse of “If We do not dirty, then there will be no job for the persons to clean” Such a lame excuse to be untidy.
Litterers
No need for alarm? Really!! What have you done to reassure me that all is well. Is chupid I chupid, so you just have to say all is well, and I’ll just close my eyes and go right back to sleep. Sigh!!
Instead if complaining, take precautionary measures. Kill dem mosquitoes
Zika is already an epidemic and is spreading world-wide. It was a matter of time that it would be in Dominica.
The Health authorities must inform nationals it could be contracted through sexual relations. No joking! Some people have contracted it in this manner. At first they thought it was not possible. It has since been confirmed that it has occurred. Therefore, Dominicans, be careful.
I’m not sure why this comment has thumbs down….it has been proven that it can be transmitted through sex. the populace needs to be informed of that as well.
through sex??!! Nooooo!!!!
That’s my stress reliever wi!
To LuChu and Heartfelt:
There are some people who love giving others thumbs down even though their comment makes sense. All I can say about such people, their heart is made of stone.
If they speak and write English and listen to the International News as the US, they should comprehend what I stated. I suppose it satisfies them to give thumbs down. However, whoever did is not smart.
I really fail to see what there was to be disliked about this factual comment. This just shows the ignorance of our people.
Don’t get alarmed? what all you can do? stupesss
Dominica these days is so uncertain. We are like a person with a very weak immune system that is vulnerable to anything and according to the PS of health, it’s just a matter of when. These days we are speared from nothing and we seem to be the gate way to any plague, whether it is zika, erika,blacksiga, child molestation, airport flooding when sun is out, and the list goes on. Can we not see something is wrong that calls for immediate urgent attention? We are like a balloon that may burst anytime. One thing that is clear and cannot be denied is, from 2014, when our pm joined the illuminati and the church blessed and welcomed it, by their silence, all hell broke lose on us and the curse began to multiply speedily.
Bruh where can I get some of what you smoking.
when the first case of chickenguania was from Good hope all you were fast to say that now this was is a high society so information withheld
tell us where the person lives so we can take PRECAUTIONS!!!
So which area of Dominica was it detected? That can help neighbors be more vigilant especially when it comes to areas where no one apparently owns the land or not taking care of it.
So we have zika mosquitoes already among the population……papamete what we waiting to come through the door already under the bed! Woy, woy woy, But It is rather baffling…. it seems more like magic, say dengue and dengue comes, say chikungunya and it comes, now all of a sudden abracadabra Zika! And it is among us…….like magic. I can therefore safely say yet another and yet another will come, we just have to say the name. Sigh
No, of course no need for alarm. In Dominica alarm bells are only rung 1 minute before 12. But having said that, then the bells are rung well and properly! As if it would make a difference then. But there you have it.
It would be better to have confirmed this ,before putting it on in the media. Just saying.
Long zika here but da ppl doe like to go Doctor ??? it’s the only way the cases can be counted
mi c’est la nou mor domnique..
I find it take time to come out. It is alleged that here months now and only now it is coming out
I guess you all couldn’t wait to jump on the negativity. Glad you all are beginning to say “alleged”!
Good work, Ministry of Health for all the effort to prevent the disease from getting here. Instead of waiting for an opportunity to jump on the Ministry of Health why don’t we talk to our neighbours who still have exposed barrels of water and old appliances in their yards after all the effort to clean up?
Why don’t we jump on those who still dump all kinds of items in areas where they are not supposed to dump endangering other people who are themselves trying to keep their surroundings clean? Do we really expect the Ministry of Health to come into our homes and yards and teach us cleanliness? We either have it or we don’t! Just see how people drop the containers from food that they eat anywhere.
Unbelievable, but I saw an empty drink container stuck on the railing of the Neg Mawon statue on Turkey Lane. How more sick can we get?
Months and months and months….no fumigating.