{"id":72458,"date":"2014-07-18T09:09:25","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T13:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=72458"},"modified":"2014-07-18T09:10:10","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T13:10:10","slug":"preventative-measures-to-minimize-spread-of-chikungunya-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2014\/07\/preventative-measures-to-minimize-spread-of-chikungunya-virus","title":{"rendered":"Measures to Minimize Spread of Chikungunya Virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_72459\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72459\" style=\"width: 564px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/chikungunya-virus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-72459 \" title=\"Click to enlarge Chikungunya Virus Info Sheet\" alt=\"chikungunya-virus\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/chikungunya-virus.jpg\" width=\"564\" height=\"343\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">click to enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Preventative Measures Important to Minimize Spread of Chikungunya Virus<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Businesses and Residents Urged to Take Precautions<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Employers Should Share Prevention Information with Employees<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Visitor Awareness and Precautions Advised<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ministry of Health Steps Up Vector Prevention Initiatives<\/p>\n<p>While there have been limited reported cases of this virus in The Bahamas compared to the rest of the Caribbean, diligence is necessary to prevent a wide scale outbreak.\u00a0 We encourage you to protect your surroundings to avoid any unnecessary outbreaks.\u00a0 The comfort and safety of our visitors is of paramount importance to our industry and the nation.<\/p>\n<p>BHTA will continue to communicate to members any important updated information as we work with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Tourism. \u00a0We recognize this is an important health issue and will continue to collaborate and support awareness, information and prevention efforts with the government and private sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While there have been limited reported cases of this virus in The Bahamas compared to the rest of the Caribbean, diligence is necessary to prevent a wide scale outbreak. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":72459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[100,19],"class_list":["post-72458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-caribbean-2","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}