2 teachers n a student from Vere Tech die from Chick V

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Education’s trauma team is now working with students and staff at the Vere Technical High School in Clarendon following the deaths of two teachers and a student as a result of Chikungunya (ChikV) complications.
The student, eleventh grader Shamari Salesman, died Wednesday morning while Physics teacher Terson Toranty died in the night. English teacher Claudette Hibbert-Anderson died Thursday morning.
Principal Henritta Stewart told OBSERVER ONLINE that she is not certain of the other medical complications the three had but that each complained of symptoms associated with ChikV.
She confirmed that other guidance counsellors from various schools in the area, as well as religious leaders, are visiting with staff and students.
“...We are so devastated, the staff and also the students alike,” Stewart said.
Earlier this week, a student from the Shortwood Teachers’ College died after suffering from symptoms related to ChikV.

A sixth-form student of Camperdown High School in Kingston and a 14-year-old from St Jago High School in St Catherine died last month after suffering from ChikV related symptoms

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VERE Technical High School has been plunged into mourning following the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV)-related deaths of two teachers and a student within two days.
The Ministry of Education yesterday reported that Shamari Salesman, a fifth-form student at the Clarendon-based school died on Wednesday after showing symptoms of CHIKV. The 15-year-old is said to have developed complications due to an existing tumour in the brain.
Person Toranty, a physics teacher, died later that day after experiencing symptoms associated with the virus. He is believed to have developed complications related to sickle cells disease.
English teacher Claudette Anderson-Hibbert died yesterday morning in the Mandeville Hospital, also from complications related to CHIKV and an existing kidney problem.
"We are so devastated, the staff and also the students alike," Principal Henritta Stewart told the Jamaica Observer.
She explained that other guidance counsellors from various schools in the area, and religious leaders have been visiting with staff and students.
Meanwhile, the education ministry said it has joined the school community in mourning the death of the three.
"The ministry's regional trauma team visited the institution yesterday to provide grief counselling and general support to the school family," the ministry said in a release issued to the media yesterday.
Reacting to news of the deaths, Education Minister Rev Ronald Thwaites expressed sadness at the tragedy. He pointed out that these deaths bring to six the total number of people who have reportedly died from complications related to the virus. He also expressed condolences to all the bereaved families.
Earlier this week, Tracey-Ann Campbell, a third year English student at Shortwood Teachers' College, died while being treated by doctors at the institution.
A sixth-form student of Camperdown High School in Kingston and a 14-year-old from St Jago High School in St Catherine died last month after presenting with CHIKV-related symptoms.