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The Min­istry of Health is urg­ing cit­i­zens to take pre­ven­ta­tive ac­tion against mos­qui­to bites dur­ing the rainy sea­son.

The Min­istry has high­light­ed that the Aedes ae­gyp­ti mos­qui­to is re­spon­si­ble for trans­mit­ting dis­eases such as Dengue, Chikun­gun­ya, and Zi­ka. While no in­crease in Dengue Fever cas­es has been re­port­ed at Ac­ci­dent and Emer­gency De­part­ments across Trinidad and To­ba­go, the Min­istry con­tin­ues ac­tive sur­veil­lance.

The In­sect Vec­tor Con­trol Di­vi­sion, the Epi­demi­ol­o­gy Unit, and sev­er­al com­mu­ni­ty-based satel­lite sur­veil­lance units are con­duct­ing en­hanced mon­i­tor­ing ac­tiv­i­ties. These ef­forts align with the Min­istry’s pro­to­cols for the pre­ven­tion and con­trol of mos­qui­to-borne dis­eases.