UNITED NATIONS, Mar 21, CMC – Nearly 15 years after Haiti experienced a cholera outbreak that infected over 820,000 people, killing 10,000 others, the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country is reporting new cholera cases.
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCCA) says it is concerned about cholera, with new suspected cases being reported daily.
Since the beginning of the year, more than 900 suspected cases and four confirmed cases have been recorded nationwide, said Farhan Haq, the Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres.
He said in Cité Soleil, more than 100 suspected cases have been reported in the past three weeks and that the deteriorating security situation hinders access for surveillance teams and response efforts, raising concerns about undetected community transmission.
Haq said the government in Haiti and the World Health Organization (WHO) are jointly responding to the outbreak by providing medicine and medical supplies and setting up rehydration and chlorination points.
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