Chikungunya a mosquito-borne virus appears to be spreading quickly in the Caribbean during the winter tourism season just weeks after epidemiologists first found local transmission occurring in St. Martin.
Scientists said Tuesday that St. Martin now has as many as 200 cases of chikungunya, a virus that can cause a debilitating but rarely fatal sickness with fever, rash, fatigue and intense muscle and joint pain.
According to the Trinidad & Tobago-based Caribbean Public Health Agency
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