Is it safe to travel to the Caribbean?
The Caribbean Public Health Agency has raised the risk level in the region from “moderate to high” to “very high” in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Regional governments are focusing on preventative measures, such as mandatory quarantine procedures, or other restrictions for travelers arriving from China.
These restrictions have now expanded to travelers who have been to the US, Japan, South Korea, Iran, Italy, Iran and Singapore.
Additionally, all major cruise lines suspended operations earlier this month.
WLRN previously reported that the Caribbean, along with Brazil and the rest of Latin America are still dealing with epidemics like the dengue virus.
Vice-president of the Colombian Association of Infectious Diseases, Dr Alfonso Rodriguez-Morales, warned that as there is fever in both dengue and coronavirus cases, “this will make more complicated the differential diagnosis between the cases for the health care workers.”
There have been about 400 coronavirus cases in the Caribbean, with at least 11 deaths.
