Saturday, October 04, 2014 | 5:28 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Marion Bullock DuCasse is urging people infected with the chikungunya virus to protect themselves from mosquito bites while the virus is still active in their bodies.
“Persons remain infectious for seven days after the onset of fever. This means if a mosquito bites these persons they will be able to spread the virus to others,” Bullock DuCasse said in a release today.
“We therefore appeal to them to reduce the chances of being bitten to assist in stemming the spread of the virus,” she added.
Infected persons are being encouraged to limit their movements from place to place and avoid mosquito bites wherever they go during the seven day period.?
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To limit Chik-V spread, infected are asked to avoid mosquito bite
