Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is being treated for Dengue at her home in Phillipine and is in good spirits.
That's the report from Health minister Dr Fuad Khan who visited her at her private residence. He told the Express newspaper Persad-Bissessar is still suffering from dizzy spells, which is common with dengue. However she is in good spirits.
"She is doing her work at home," Khan said. "But with this kind of thing you have to rest yourself. You don't want to be up and down too much because it is tiring."
He declined to give specific details of her treatment citing privacy concerns.
"She is being taken care of privately by her physicians," he said.
The Office of the Prime Minister on Tuesday confirmed that Persad-Bissessar was diagnosed with the classic type of dengue fever, which is a less severe strain.
"I will continue to run the affairs of State unless otherwise advised by my doctors that it is not practical to do so," Persad-Bissessar said in a media release.
"I wish to advise the population that despite my illness, I am following all medical instructions so as to ensure that I will soon be back on my feet and fully functioning."
The Ministry of Health has started a nationwide campaign to destroy mosquito breeding sites around homes and in communities, which is the key to prevention of dengue fever.
In a media release the Ministry said 90 per cent of all dengue-transmitting mosquitoes breed in and around homes and 70 per cent in water storage containers.
That's the report from Health minister Dr Fuad Khan who visited her at her private residence. He told the Express newspaper Persad-Bissessar is still suffering from dizzy spells, which is common with dengue. However she is in good spirits.
"She is doing her work at home," Khan said. "But with this kind of thing you have to rest yourself. You don't want to be up and down too much because it is tiring."
He declined to give specific details of her treatment citing privacy concerns.
"She is being taken care of privately by her physicians," he said.
The Office of the Prime Minister on Tuesday confirmed that Persad-Bissessar was diagnosed with the classic type of dengue fever, which is a less severe strain.
"I will continue to run the affairs of State unless otherwise advised by my doctors that it is not practical to do so," Persad-Bissessar said in a media release.
"I wish to advise the population that despite my illness, I am following all medical instructions so as to ensure that I will soon be back on my feet and fully functioning."
The Ministry of Health has started a nationwide campaign to destroy mosquito breeding sites around homes and in communities, which is the key to prevention of dengue fever.
In a media release the Ministry said 90 per cent of all dengue-transmitting mosquitoes breed in and around homes and 70 per cent in water storage containers.
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