JSIF rolls out J$45m Zika intervention programme

The Aedes agypti mosquito which transmits the Zika virus.
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In a news release on Friday November 4, 2016, the Jamaica Social Investment Fund outlined that the programme will aid greatly in controlling the spread of the Zika virus and other vector borne diseases in 30 communities in Kingston and St Andrew, St Catherine, Clarendon, St Ann, St James, and Westmoreland.The fund announced that the programme will run from November 7 to January 20, 2017, and 365 residents will be trained, certified and provided with temporary employment as community vector control aide — zika warriors.