{"id":117745,"date":"2020-09-30T14:54:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T18:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=117745"},"modified":"2020-09-30T14:54:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T18:54:53","slug":"antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigua and Barbuda Confirms Two Dengue Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>

The Ministry of Health Wellness and the Environment has recorded two laboratory cases of Dengue this week. These results were from samples sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) last week.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The public is reminded that Dengue is a viral disease spread by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Symptoms of Dengue include fever,\u00a0<\/span>headache,<\/span>\u00a0rash, vomiting which could lead to dehydration, muscle pain, dark\u00a0<\/span>coloured<\/span>\u00a0stool and bleeding from the nose and mouth. Parents are reminded to pay keen attention to babies who may become dehydrated and cry without tears and use fewer diapers.<\/span><\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Any person who believes he or she may be infected with Dengue should NOT use Aspirin,\u00a0<\/span>Ibuprofen<\/span>\u00a0or Advil and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, but instead use other\u00a0<\/span>fever-reducing<\/span>\u00a0agents such as Paracetamol, Panadol and Cetamol.<\/span><\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Please note that controlling the number of Dengue cases requires reducing the mosquito population and their breeding sites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As such, the Vector Control Unit at the Central Board of Health continues its mosquito reduction activities through increased inspections to identify and destroy mosquito breeding sites and increased fogging operations that kill the adult mosquito.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Other dengue prevention and control measures include avoiding mosquito bites by using insect repellents, installing screens on windows and doors, using mosquito nets and remaining indoors as much a possible at dusk and dawn.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ministry of Health Wellness and the Environment is seeking the public\u2019s assistance in controlling the mosquito population by reducing breeding sites in and around the home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

This will allow us to reduce the number of cases of Dengue in Antigua and Barbuda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ministry of Health Wellness and the Environment has recorded two laboratory cases of Dengue this week. These results were from samples sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) last week. The public is reminded that Dengue is a viral disease spread by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito.\u00a0 Symptoms of Dengue include fever,\u00a0headache,\u00a0rash, vomiting which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nAntigua and Barbuda Confirms Two Dengue Cases - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Antigua and Barbuda Confirms Two Dengue Cases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ministry of Health Wellness and the Environment has recorded two laboratory cases of Dengue this week. These results were from samples sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) last week. The public is reminded that Dengue is a viral disease spread by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito.\u00a0 Symptoms of Dengue include fever,\u00a0headache,\u00a0rash, vomiting which […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-30T18:54:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DENGUE-MOSQUITO-16-x-9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Antigua and Barbuda Confirms Two Dengue Cases\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-30T18:54:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-30T18:54:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/\"},\"wordCount\":269,\"commentCount\":5,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:700\/h:394\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DENGUE-MOSQUITO-16-x-9.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua and Barbuda Confirms Two Dengue Cases - Antigua News Room\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:700\/h:394\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DENGUE-MOSQUITO-16-x-9.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-30T18:54:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-30T18:54:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:700\/h:394\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DENGUE-MOSQUITO-16-x-9.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:700\/h:394\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DENGUE-MOSQUITO-16-x-9.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":394},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Antigua and Barbuda Confirms Two Dengue Cases\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua News Room\",\"description\":\"News As It Happens\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Antigua Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"width\":1260,\"height\":1260,\"caption\":\"Antigua Newsroom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Antigua and Barbuda Confirms Two Dengue Cases - Antigua News Room","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Antigua and Barbuda Confirms Two Dengue Cases","og_description":"The Ministry of Health Wellness and the Environment has recorded two laboratory cases of Dengue this week. These results were from samples sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) last week. The public is reminded that Dengue is a viral disease spread by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito.\u00a0 Symptoms of Dengue include fever,\u00a0headache,\u00a0rash, vomiting which […]","og_url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/","og_site_name":"Antigua News Room","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","article_published_time":"2020-09-30T18:54:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":394,"url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DENGUE-MOSQUITO-16-x-9.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_site":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5"},"headline":"Antigua and Barbuda Confirms Two Dengue Cases","datePublished":"2020-09-30T18:54:53+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-30T18:54:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/"},"wordCount":269,"commentCount":5,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:700\/h:394\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DENGUE-MOSQUITO-16-x-9.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/","name":"Antigua and Barbuda Confirms Two Dengue Cases - Antigua News Room","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:700\/h:394\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DENGUE-MOSQUITO-16-x-9.jpg","datePublished":"2020-09-30T18:54:53+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-30T18:54:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:700\/h:394\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DENGUE-MOSQUITO-16-x-9.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:700\/h:394\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DENGUE-MOSQUITO-16-x-9.jpg","width":700,"height":394},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-confirms-two-dengue-cases\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Antigua and Barbuda Confirms Two Dengue Cases"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","name":"Antigua News Room","description":"News As It Happens","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization","name":"Antigua Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","width":1260,"height":1260,"caption":"Antigua Newsroom"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/15464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}