{"id":18706,"date":"2018-08-14T07:25:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T11:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=18706"},"modified":"2018-08-14T07:25:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T11:25:09","slug":"zika-threat-interrupted-says-health-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/zika-threat-interrupted-says-health-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Zika threat interrupted says health agency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has concluded that Zika virus transmission in the Caribbean Region has been interrupted,<\/g> and that the risk to residents and visitors to the Region of acquiring Zika is low.<\/p>

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This follows a review by CARPHA of the data of the last 30 months pertinent to the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zika Virus (ZIKV) was first detected in the Caribbean Region in late 2015. The number of cases increased in the first half of 2016 and reached its peak circulation in August 2016, and then declined rapidly by December 2016.<\/p>

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Before, during and after the introduction of the virus, CARPHA has been conducting surveillance and laboratory testing activity for ZIKV and has worked assiduously with its 26 CARPHA Member States (CMS) and partners to strengthen the ability to detect and diagnose cases; to enhance the capacity to reduce transmission of this and other vector-borne diseases; and to improve coordination and use of information for prevention. <\/p>

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At this time, ongoing surveillance and laboratory testing in CMS indicate that the epidemic circulation of ZIKV has been interrupted in Caribbean territories. This is based on congruency of data available from several sources and on experience of previous outbreaks of mosquito-borne viral diseases in the Region:<\/p>\n\n\n\n