SURINAME – The official statistics indicate that one person has died in Suriname as a result of Chikungunya. Marthelise Eersel, director at the Health Ministry, on Tuesday officially confirmed the reports. Lesly Resida, director of the Public Health Bureau (BOG), also confirmed the reports. There are currently 470 confirmed cases but it is suspected that as many as 2,000 people could be infected with the virus at present. These are some of the shocking facts that were presented during the emergency meeting between health officials and the Parliamentary Committee on Health Affairs. Eersel pointed out that the “nation can brace itself for more misery because the worst is yet to come