Tag: Dr Samuel Williams-Rodriguez
Four suspect Zika cases sent for testing
(CNS): Local public health officials have sent four blood samples from patients suspected of having the Zika virus to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in Trinidad for testing. Dr Samuel Williams-Rodriguez, the acting medical director, said the samples were sent on Wednesday, 22 June, after three residents and one visitor presented with symptoms consistent […]
Zika alert was case of sexual transmission
(CNS): The Cayman Islands remains free of the Zika virus, public health officials said, after a recent suspected case appears to be due to sexual transmission. Dr Samuel Williams-Rodriguez, the acting medical health officer, has explained that a tourist from Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, who had visited Cayman and then later tested positive for the […]
Visitor to Cayman tests positive for Zika
(CNS): The Public Health Department is investigating a case of Zika virus in a patient who had visited Cayman and tested positive on returning home. Despite releasing information to the media yesterday claiming Cayman was sill Zika free, following enquiries by CNS, officials released a statement Friday evening about the possible arrival of the disease […]
Cayman remains Zika free as virus spreads in region
(CNS): There have still been no reported cases of the Zika virus in the Cayman Islands, according to Acting Medical Officer of Health Dr Samuel Williams-Rodriguez. Sixty countries worldwide have reported Zika spreading in their populations since 2015, and while there is a downward trend of cases in Central and South America, numbers are rising in […]
Travellers urged to guard against yellow fever
(CNS): With the emergence of a yellow fever outbreak in Africa and parts of Asia, public health officials here are urging travelers to take precautions as the disease is spread by the usual culprit, the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The mosquito, which is hard to control because it lives and breeds close to humans in dense […]
Zika spreads through region, Cayman still clear
(CNS): As the Zika virus continues to spread thoughout the region, as of Monday, there are no reported or confirmed cases of Zika virus in the Cayman Islands. Noting that there are now 47 countries reporting active Zika transmission, Acting Medical Officer of Health, Dr Samuel Williams-Rodriguez urged the public to take “an abundance of […]
MRCU leads charge to keep Cayman Zika free
(CNS): The director of the Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) said that his department’s contingency plan for the possible arrival of the Zika virus to the Cayman Islands is underway as staff work on the ground in yards across the island. There are still no reported cases of Zika here but with more than […]
Hand, foot and mouth cases in Cayman schools
(CNS): Following the outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease at two local primary schools last year, public health officials are closely monitoring the schools as further cases have been identified. Children at West End Primary on Cayman Brac and Savannah Primary on Grand Cayman have come down with the viral illness and teams continue […]
Cayman still Zika-free as virus spreads across region
(CNS): The mosquito-borne Zika virus has now been recorded in 34 countries around the Americas and beyond, including in the United States, but so far the Cayman Islands has kept the illness at bay. The acting medical officer of health said that as of Tuesday, 16 February, no cases or suspected cases of Zika have […]
Cayman on alert as Zika spreads to US and Jamaica
(CNS): Now that Jamaica has reported its first case of the Zika virus and there have been several cases in the United States, Cayman Islands public health officials are on alert for its likely arrival in here in the coming months. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global emergency and efforts are being made locally to keep the […]
Cayman prepared for Zika virus spread
(CNS): Following the confirmation of ten cases of the Zika virus in the in the region, the Pan American Health Organization has expressed confidence in the level of preparedness of local public health officials, including the Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU), to detect, respond and control the spread of the virus if there is a case […]
