Most of the nation’s general practitioners have reported an increase in the number of flu cases these past three weeks. The rise in flu cases coincides with the turn of the seasons. The GPs indicated that they get chikungunya cases every daily but that these cases are fewer than last year’s. The Public Health Bureau (BOG) issued a press release, indicating that it is suspected that the increase in flu cases will last until the end of March. The BOG also published several tables to give an overview of the statistics.  “Chikungunya has not been eradicated so it still exists and the number of chikungunya cases is expected to rise during the rainy season. We must make sure that there will be no drastic increase,” said BOG director Lesley Resida…[+]