Portia Simpson Miller

A worker from a private company fumigates a property for mosquitoes in Port-au-Prince, May 23, 2014. The painful mosquito-borne virus called Chikungunya is spreading quickly through the Caribbean, causing alarm in Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Repub

Jamaica declares a state of emergency to try to stop the spread of painful chikungunya virus

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It may not be deadly, but the chikungunya virus has swept across the Caribbean and led Jamaica to declare a national state of emergency. The painful illness has infected thousands, and the island’s government is hoping to clamp down on the disease with new information campaigns.

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