From Cayman Islands Public Health department

While a regional and international outbreak of dengue continues, the Public Health Department has committed to providing the Cayman Islands public with updates on the local situation.

• Since
  the last advisory on dengue fever issued January 8, 2019, there have
  been 19 investigations.
  
• A
  total of 13 results have been received.
  
  
• Six
  results are pending
  
  
• Of
  the total numbers of results received, none were positive for
  dengue.
  
  
• The
  results also yielded negative for chikungunya and Zika respectively.
  

Officials
will provide updates on a monthly basis until the outbreak is over,
increasing the frequency as required by the situation.

Sidebar:
More about Dengue Fever

Most
people recover without any complications, using pain relievers and
bed rest. Once a patient has developed a fever, the infectious period
lasts for one week only.

Dengue
symptoms include:

• Severe
frontal headache

• Joint
pain

• Pain
behind the eyes

• Muscle
and or bone pain

• A
rash (sometimes) may be visible two to five days after the onset of
fever

• Nausea
or vomiting (sometimes)

Signs
of bleeding (such as: pinpoint red or purple spots on the skin,
nosebleed,

bleeding
gums, blood in urine or stool, or vaginal bleeding) are seen in a
severe form of dengue fever, known as dengue haemorrhagic fever,
severe dengue or dengue shock syndrome.