The Ministry of Health is now investigating scores of cases in which pregnant women are suspected to have been infected with the Zika virus.
To date four cases have been confirmed, but Dr. Winston De La Haye, acting Chief Medical Officer, admitted in an interview with RJR News that the the number of cases is likely to be much higher.
"Of course we are talking about suspected cases in pregnant women, who would have been seen with symptoms suggestive of Zika and could fit the criteria and have been tested - but the results have not come back. That number has been increasing about 80 women are suspected and four confirmed. Suspected does not mean that they have the virus," he said.
The Zika virus is known to cause microcephaly and other birth defects in babies.
Health Ministry reports
With growing concerns about the spread of the virus, the Ministry of Health says it is receiving more reports from medical practitioners about a sharp rise in suspected cases of the mosquito-borne virus, with the notifications now in the thousands.
There are 24 confirmed cases of the Zika virus - 14 females and 10 males.
The opposition People's National Party (PNP) has questioned whether the authorities have been under reporting cases of the virus.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health has developed a Self Reporting Surveillance Online Survey for persons who have had recent medical complaints. This is to help it with early detection of certain diseases or health events.
The survey allows persons to report symptoms they may be experiencing, providing the Health Ministry with real time information on illnesses in Jamaica.
The survey can be accessed using a link via computers, smartphone and tablet devices or any platform using a web browser.
The Health Ministry says the survey, which is anonymous, consists of 13 questions.
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