From the Jamaica Observer
April 9, 2019
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Vector Control Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Ryan Morris, is reporting a major reduction in breeding sites for the Aedes aegypti mosquito in the parish.
“We have seen a significant trending down, and we are heading back to normalcy,” he told JIS News.
He said that following the declaration of an outbreak of dengue fever in January, the department’s capacity was enhanced with the addition of 29 temporary vector control workers from the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme and the Ministry of Health Vector Support Programme, bringing the total to 60.
They worked along with the eight permanent workers to destroy mosquito breeding grounds in the parish.