Deputy Speaker, I would like to start by thanking the hon Minister for his honesty when he said that we have not done enough to deal with effective communication on this matter. When I raised it in the House yesterday, hon Minister Manuel stood up and defended it. Obviously, today the hon Minister of Health has confirmed that we have not done enough.
I want to share with hon Minister Manuel, in his absence, some advice late that my dad gave to me: "You must learn to shut your mouth when you don't know what you are talking about." So, I hope he takes that message with him.
Deputy Speaker, I still believe that we are not effectively communicating the fact that symptoms differ slightly from adults to children and to pregnant women, the fact that HIV positive patients are more susceptible to contracting the virus because of low immune levels and that this has the potential for disaster in our country.
The Minister called for the urgent administration of Tamiflu to pregnant women yesterday, but the manufactures of the product state on their website that this medication is not recommended for pregnant women as the effects on the unborn child are unknown.
Discouraging people from visiting their doctors or undergoing routine lab tests will only serve to further exacerbate the problem. [Interjections.] [Time expired.]