Chickenpox Alert at Sangre Grande Hospital Campus

A small cluster of suspected and probable varicella, more commonly known as chickenpox, cases have been confirmed among healthcare personnel at the Sangre Grande Hospital Campus by Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Health. In an official statement released to the public on Thursday, the ministry outlined that the Eastern Regional Health Authority (ERHA) has already taken proactive control of the incident and rolled out a comprehensive suite of public health interventions to stop the virus from spreading further.