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HEALTH HAS MOSQUITO GEAR & GIVING FREE FLU SHOTS

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Providenciales, 03 Dec 2014 – Lots of rain and Magnetic Media has confirmed that the Department of Environmental Health does have the requisite supplies to fog or oil and foil any boom in the mosquito population.  Hon Edwin Astwood during that PDM Press Conference (Monday Dec 1) expressing  his concern about the lingering Dengue Fever and Chikungunya Virus problems; saying there is already localized flooding at the JAGS McCartney International Airport.  Last month, the TCI Hospitals confirmed a double digit surge in cases at the hospital related to Dengue and ChikV. 

This news comes at the Ministry of Health and Human Services announces that it has cold and flu vaccines to ward off fevers and the like this season. Explaining that the Ministry is committed to keeping the Turks and Caicos healthy with the Seasonal flu vaccine for adults and children now available at all Government operated Primary Health Care Departments free of charge.

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