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Rad­hi­ca De Sil­va

Health Min­is­ter Dr Lack­ram Bo­doe says con­firmed dengue cas­es in T&T fell sig­nif­i­cant­ly be­tween Jan­u­ary and Ju­ly 2025, with on­ly 28 cas­es record­ed, com­pared to 658 dur­ing the same pe­ri­od in 2024. He cau­tioned that de­spite the drop, con­tin­ued pre­ven­tion ef­forts re­main nec­es­sary.

Speak­ing to Guardian Me­dia, Dr Bo­doe said, “Based on the Na­tion­al Sur­veil­lance Net­work, for the pe­ri­od Jan­u­ary 2025 to Ju­ly 2025, there have been a to­tal of 28 con­firmed cas­es of dengue fever and no deaths as­so­ci­at­ed with dengue fever in­fec­tion.”