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Even as the Caribbean Public Health Agency (Carpha) investigates reports claiming T&T has detected cases of hantavirus, the Ministry of Health yesterday denied the claims and dismissed a circulating memo about school closures as fake.
The issue surfaced during Carpha’s virtual media briefing on hantavirus and the Caribbean after Barbados-based media outlet Nation News asked executive director Dr Lisa Indar about reports circulating in T&T. Indar said she, too, received the message during the briefing, but stressed there was no evidence to confirm a hantavirus case in this country.
She said Carpha was in contact with the Ministry of Health to verify the claim, but noted the information did not originate from the ministry or any recognised health authority.
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