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Minister of Health Says Jamaica on High Alert for Swine Fever

Jamaica Information Service: "Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has said that the current Swine Influenza epidemic has serious implications for the Jamaican economy and, in response the country has been placed on 'high alert'.

He said that, the Ministry has 'scaled-up' surveillance activities at health care facilities and ports of entry, health sector workers have been alerted to ensure early detection and anti-virals, which have been found to reduce the severity of the disease, have been stocked to initiate treatment."

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