BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Rats and mosquitoes plus some severe flu attacks are causing health authorities to put the public on alert.
Concerned about the incidence of leptospirosis and a tripling in the number of dengue fever cases, health officials disclosed yesterday there was a spike in “influenza-like illnesses” in the last few weeks and the severity of some of those cases was troubling.
The officials are now investigating two deaths associated with respiratory illnesses and awaiting test results to determine whether the potentially deadly H1N1 virus has resurfaced in Barbados.