SVG Students Adopt New Dress Code To Curb Dengue In Schools

ST. VINCENT & GRENADINES – St. Vincent and Grenadines students are being allowed to wear light-colored long pants and long-sleeved tops when classes resume early next month.

The Aedes Aegypti Mosquito, which carries the dengue fever virus, typically bites during the daytime hours when persons are active.

The move comes as the country grapples with a dengue outbreak.

There are 542 laboratory-confirmed cases of dengue fever as of August 22, with with patients as young as infants.