Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the intensifying Chikungunya outbreak affecting Jamaica will have many far reaching implications for the country’s economy.
Mrs. Simpson Miller says the Government has allocated 5-hundred-million dollars to deal with the public health threats facing the country, including Ebola.
The Prime Minister has been under pressure to break her silence regarding the Chikungunya outbreak and the threat from Ebola.
She responded today at a Jamaica House media briefing.
Mrs. Simpson-Miller began her 20-minute address by stating that the impact of Chikungunya should not be taken lightly.
Mrs. Simpson Miller did not expand on what she described as the far reaching implications Chikungunya is likely to have on the country’s economy.
But, she noted that more money has been allocated to assist in fighting Chik-v
The Prime Minister said that even in a difficult fiscal space, the Government will do all it can to protect the country.
She said a central monitoring team headed by Information Minister, Senator Sandrea Falconer, has been put in place to supervise the Government’s Chikunguya response.
Mrs. Simpson Miller also told the media briefing that a Jamaica Defence Force Colonel will supervise the continuation of a national clean-up effort.
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