Parliamentary committee slams health authorities

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SURINAME – The Parliamentary Committee on Health Affairs on Tuesday slammed the nation’s health authorities for their failure to adequately inform the nation about the Chikungunya virus and the ‘Spiderlady’, the mosquito that spreads the virus. The committee and other legislators who attended Tuesday’s emergency meeting all agree that there was sufficient data available to determine that the virus could reach Suriname and that its impact could trigger a local outbreak or epidemic…[+]