Health authorities in Westmoreland are maintaining heightened surveillance amid regional concerns about hantavirus, even though Jamaica has not recorded any confirmed cases of the disease.

This was disclosed by Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr Marcia Graham. She was addressing the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation’s monthly meeting in Savanna-la-Mar on Thursday (May 14).

Graham noted that monitoring has been intensified at the country’s ports of entry to prevent possible exposure to the illness through travel.