Bridgetown.
Two people have died in Barbados, as a result of dengue haemorrhagic fever this year. Chief Environmental Health Officer, Tyrone Applewhaite revealed this afternoon.
According to Applewhaite, there have been six cases of the illness and 126 cases of dengue fever for the first 39 weeks of the year.
The Environmental Health Department of the Ministry of health has implemented an integrated mosquito control programme aimed at reducing the mosquito population.
