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Cholera cases set to rise in Haiti with spring rainy season
PORT-AU-PRINCE? The Associated Press
Published Wednesday, May. 04, 2011 4:55PM EDT
Last updated Wednesday, May. 04, 2011 4:58PM EDT
An increase in new cholera patients in rural Haiti raises worries that the outbreak may be starting to surge again with the spring rainy season, a U.S.-based medical aid group said Wednesday.
Health experts in Haiti had warned in January when the cholera outbreak began to slow that there could be a surge of new cases in the spring as rains helped spread water contaminated with the cholera bacteria.
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Workers for the aid group Partners in Health have noted a worrisome rise in new patients at treatment centres in Port-au-Prince and the countryside, spokeswoman Kathryn Mahoney said...
Cholera cases set to rise in Haiti with spring rainy season
PORT-AU-PRINCE? The Associated Press
Published Wednesday, May. 04, 2011 4:55PM EDT
Last updated Wednesday, May. 04, 2011 4:58PM EDT
An increase in new cholera patients in rural Haiti raises worries that the outbreak may be starting to surge again with the spring rainy season, a U.S.-based medical aid group said Wednesday.
Health experts in Haiti had warned in January when the cholera outbreak began to slow that there could be a surge of new cases in the spring as rains helped spread water contaminated with the cholera bacteria.
More related to this story
Workers for the aid group Partners in Health have noted a worrisome rise in new patients at treatment centres in Port-au-Prince and the countryside, spokeswoman Kathryn Mahoney said...