Beenie Man claims he was not the first with Zika in VI
The interview can be found on social media Youtube.
Beenie Man during his performance at the Rita Francis Festiville on July 29, 2016 admitted that he was infected with the Zika virus, saying despite his condition, he gave every effort to show up and perform.
Many persons had expressed disappointment that the dancehall artist was allowed to perform in the VI despite being infected.
Beenie did not tell Bermuda officials he was infected
But in the Youtube video, Beenie Man said he had performed in Bermuda a couple of days before while infected with Zika but he did not tell officials there because he would have been regarded as “patient zero".
According to research, the index case, primary case, or patient zero is the initial patient in the population of an epidemiological investigation, or more generally, the first case of a condition or syndrome (not necessarily contagious) to be described in the medical literature, whether or not the patient is thought to be the first person affected.
‘I was not patient zero in Tortola’
Once in the VI, Beenie Man said he started feeling a little better than when he was in Bermuda and that he decided to declare that he had the virus because he could not be patient zero since the virus was already in the territory.
“I reached and I told them because I am not patient zero in Tortola. They actually are dealing with it,” Beenie Man said, claiming that there were already Zika cases in the territory before he came.
Mr Williams did ask the artist if he had informed officials at the port of entry in the VI, however, Beenie Man did not directly address that question but rather continued to insist that he was not patient zero on Tortola.
It was only on August 24, 2016, however, that the Ministry of Health and Social Development confirmed five cases of the Zika virus in the Virgin Islands.
Concerning the photo that appeared on Beenie Man’s Facebook page prior to performing on Tortola, the artist said it was taken before arriving in the Virgin Islands and admitted that had those photos been published before the Virgin Islands would not have “received” him.
The photo was posted afterwards on Instagram and on his Facebook page and the artist was not granted permission to enter Canada to perform at Caribana as was scheduled.
See link to Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__ip0oMa09U
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