In Jamaica, local transmission was identified on 5 August 2014. A total of 5,180 cases of Chikungunya fever were notified to the National Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health since May, 2014 and as at the end of 2015. The largest number of cases was reported between Epidemiology Weeks 37 and 40 of 2014. Since the start of 2015 the number of cases reported per week has ranged between none (zero) and 7.