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Haiti’s cholera death toll rises to 136 as outbreak gets ‘worse and worse every day’
A deadly resurgence of cholera in Haiti has (claimed 136 lives so far), according to the Caribbean
nation’s health ministry. Eighty-nine of the people who were infected died in a hospital or in cholera
treatment centers, (while 47 of them died at home), according to the Haitian Health Ministry’s
statement. The Haitian government is (working with international health organizations) to respond to
the crisis. “We have been receiving 250 people a day lately. There’s a surge in cases (in most parts of
the metropolitan area). This is very concerning for us as we have a limited capacity with around 350
beds in our cholera treatment centers,” said Alexandre Marcou, a communications officer for medical
NGO Médecins Sans Frontières.
People who live in areas (with shortages of safe drinking water) or inadequate sanitation are
vulnerable to cholera, which can result from consuming bacteria-contaminated food or water. Although
vaccines exist and symptoms can be “easily treated,” according to the World Health Organization,
(cholera remains an insidious killer) through dehydration in the developing world.
Just one month ago, the Health Ministry had documented only eight cholera deaths, all in the densely
populated capital Port-au-Prince. Now, according to Marcou, (the virus is spreading in remote areas) of
the country, which health services struggle to access and monitor. “These places are (harder to know
what is going on there) in real time due to the current crisis. It is clear the situation is getting worse and
worse every day,” he said.
Until this year, the disease appeared to have been largely stamped out of the country, (after a
nationwide public health effort). The last outbreak began in 2010, when cholera spread from a camp of
United Nations peacekeepers into the population. That outbreak ultimately reached 800,000 cases and
claimed at least 10,000 lives. Though the UN has acknowledged its involvement in the outbreak, (it has
not accepted legal responsibility). Rights organizations have not stopped calling for financial
compensation for victims.
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아이티의 콜레라 사망자 수는 발병률이 '매일 악화'하면서 136명으로 증가했습니다.
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