Published Date: 2010-11-03 19:00:04
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Cholera - Haiti (10): increased cases
Archive Number: 20101103.3986
CHOLERA - HAITI (10): INCREASED CASES
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Date: Wed 3 Nov 2010
Source: Agence France-Presse [edited]
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1091220/1/.html>
The death toll from Haiti's cholera epidemic spiked to 442 on
Wednesday, 3 Nov 2010, with 105 more deaths since Saturday and more
than a 40 percent jump in new cases, officials said [from the last
statistics reported on 29 Oct 2010 - Mod.LL].
Haitian health authorities reported that an additional 1978 people
were hospitalized, raising the total number of cases to 6742. The
developments, announced at a news conference here by Health Ministry
official Jocelyne Pierre-Louis, reflected a surge both in new cases,
which were up 41 percent, and deaths, which climbed 31 percent.
Meanwhile, hospitals have been overwhelmed by cholera cases despite
intensive efforts to respond to a disease that aid groups fear could
spread like wildfire if it reaches densely populated Port-au-Prince.
Hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by a devastating
earthquake in January 2010 live in unsanitary camps in and around the city.
The WHO warned last week that the outbreak is far from over and Haiti
should prepare for the "worst-case scenario", cholera in the capital.
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[The tropical storm Tomas appears to be weakening rather than
strengthening; even so, an anticipated rain fall of 4-6 inches will
likely heighten the outbreak substantially. - Mod.LL]
See Also
Cholera - Haiti (09): PAHO 20101102.3968Cholera - Haiti (08): south Asia origin 20101101.3962
Cholera - Haiti (07): strain analysis 20101030.3938
Cholera - Haiti (06): WHO 20101029.3927
Cholera - Haiti (05): (AR) 20101027.3899
Cholera - Haiti (04): (AR) 20101026.3876
Cholera - Haiti (03): (AR) Port-au-Prince, O1 20101024.3856
Cholera - Haiti (02): (AR) confirmed 20101022.3821
Cholera - Haiti: suspected, RFI 20101021.3818
Disease situation, post-earthquake - Haiti (02) 20100307.0750
Disease situation, post-earthquake - Haiti 20100207.0411
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