There is no mil­li­pede in­fes­ta­tion in Trinidad and To­ba­go, ac­cord­ing to a re­lease from the Min­istry of Agri­cul­ture, Land and Fish­eries (MALF).

How­ev­er, the Min­istry says it “re­mains vig­i­lant in mon­i­tor­ing pest and en­vi­ron­men­tal con­di­tions through­out the coun­try.”

It notes that the in­fes­ta­tion ac­tu­al­ly is in Grena­da.

“We would like to clar­i­fy that the in­for­ma­tion be­ing cir­cu­lat­ed per­tains to Grena­da, not Trinidad and To­ba­go,” MALF stat­ed.

The Min­istry ex­plains that mil­li­pedes are nat­u­ral­ly oc­cur­ring in trop­i­cal en­vi­ron­ments, thriv­ing in moist habi­tats or ar­eas with high hu­mid­i­ty.

“While these con­di­tions, which are typ­i­cal dur­ing pe­ri­ods of pro­longed rain­fall, can lead to mil­li­pede out­breaks,” the Min­istry not­ed, “we can con­firm that there is no ev­i­dence of any such in­fes­ta­tion hap­pen­ing in Trinidad and To­ba­go at this time.”

The Min­istry as­sures the pub­lic that should any sig­nif­i­cant is­sues arise, it will “take the nec­es­sary ac­tions to mit­i­gate their im­pact and keep the pub­lic du­ly in­formed.”