Chief Veterinarian at the Jamaica Racing Commission, Dr. St. Aubyn Bartlett, says several persons working at the country’s lone horse racing facility at Caymanas Park in Portmore, St. Catherine, are showing symptoms consistent with the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus.
Dr. Bartlett, says at the best of times there’s a serious mosquito problem at Caymanas Park.
Dr. Bartlett says if the matter is not addressed, horse racing could be suspended
for several days.
Dr. St. Aubyn Bartlett, Chief Veterinarian at the Jamaica Racing Commission, speaking with Nationwide News.
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