Haiti gets help for mosquito-borne virus outbreak

By Washington Examiner

Published September 10, 2014 6:52pm ET

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Haiti gets help for mosquito-borne virus outbreak — Haiti's Health Minister Florence Duperval Guillaume, left, leads a tour for first lady Sophia Martelly through a warehouse housing a donation of kits to treat chikungunya, in the Cite Soleil slum, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. The U.S. medical aid group Direct Relief donated millions of kits to treat the mosquito-borne virus that has sickened tens of thousands across the Caribbean over the past year. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) | Dieu Nalio Chery

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti has received a large shipment of treatment packets to help it deal with an outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus known as chikungunya amid a rainy season expected to result in a surge of new cases in the country, officials said Wednesday.

The treatment kits provided by medical aid group Direct Relief include oral rehydration packs, mosquito spray and the pain reliever acetaminophen for a disease that has sickened tens of thousands of people in recent months.

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