Haiti braces for cholera as hurricane-battered country counts its dead
"The top priority for those people affected by the hurricane is to give them access to clean water. That is the only way we can control cholera," Dominique Legros, WHO cholera expert, told a news briefing before travelling to the Caribbean country. Some 150 suspected cholera cases have bee...
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Independent News & Media
12.10.2016
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| Summary: | "The top priority for those people affected by the hurricane is to give them access to clean water. That is the only way we can control cholera," Dominique Legros, WHO cholera expert, told a news briefing before travelling to the Caribbean country. Some 150 suspected cholera cases have been reported in Grande'Anse department and 50 in South department, he said. "It is more than usual, I know it is a sharp increase compared to usual figures." "There's no water, no antibiotics," Dr Herby Jean said. "Everything is depleted ... We hear helicopters flying overhead, but we're not getting anything." |
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