Cholera spreads to the Dominican Republic

• April 25, 2024

The Florida Department of Epidemiology reported that they have a woman resident in Collier County who was infected for him anger at Haiti. Apparently, the woman traveled to that country to visit her family, but upon her return she was hospitalized after diagnosing symptoms of anger . The diagnosis was "confirmed by the laboratories" of the aforementioned county, but the Department clarifies that it is in good condition. According to the newspaper "The Miami Herald," other possible cases are being investigated in different counties. For weeks, the Dominican government has put in place severe controls to contain the progress of this highly contagious disease, and limited the maximum number of Haitians in the country and the commercial exchanges with the neighboring country.

Deaths in Haiti increase

So far a thousand 34 people have been killed because of this epidemic . The NGO stressed in a statement that people living in the most isolated areas "do not have access to basic services and are especially threatened by the disease , which has already ended hundreds of lives across the country. "Poor hygiene conditions in the refugee camps of the devastating earthquake of January 12, make fears a rapid increase in cholera epidemic , a highly contagious disease, in the poorest country in America. "It is estimated that almost as many people as died with the earthquake (which left about 300,000 dead) can get sick with cholera in the coming months, if no action is taken," said the Spanish organization, which has worked in Haiti for 37 years. He said that "the isolation and the absence of basic services increase the risks of contracting the disease of Haitians who live in rural areas and who make up more than 75% of the country's population. "" Children are always the most vulnerable to this type of situation and in Haiti , 48% of the population is underage, "the NGO said in the statement.

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