Thanks to Sean Smith for alerting me to this story. Via The Jamaica Gleaner: Three H1N1 deaths - Opposition raps Gov’t for failing to issue advisory on deadly flu. Excerpt:
The Ministry of Health has faced scathing criticism for failing to inform the public about the presence of the influenza H1N1 in the country, following yesterday’s revelation by broadcaster Alan Magnus that his late wife Karlene ‘Kerry’ Douglas died last Friday due to complications associated with the virus.
“I have heard of several people dying from it. [For] Kerry’s death, the paper which we got from the hospital stated that that’s what she died from,” Magnus said while speaking on RJR 94 FM.
Yesterday, Nicole Dawkins-Wright, acting director of emergency, disaster management and special services in the Ministry of Health, confirmed that three Jamaicans have died as a result of the H1N1 influenza virus in St Ann, Kingston, and St Catherine. It was also revealed that there were six confirmed and 110 suspected cases across the island since the start of the year.
She also told The Gleaner that the H1N1 virus present in the island is not the swine flu strain.
Meanwhile, Sean Smith also tells me, Guyana is dealing with H1N1. Via INews Guyana: BREAKING NEWS: 1 dead, 8 suspected Swine Flu cases detected in Region 1.
The Guyanese Ministry of Public Health website doesn't have anything on flu, and I can't even access Jamaica's Ministry of Health.
