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Haiti - Cholera : 4 departments on red alert 25/05/2016 11:30:10 Mr. Elismé indicated that several localities are affected by the cholera epidemic, especially Louimé, Dyebabann, Cité choublak, Maguayav, Aleyan, etc. According to him, we must quickly put in place a team that will make awareness and decontamination at the nearby localities to curb the spread of the epidemic. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Health confirmed the death of 8 people who had contracted cholera during the first 3 weeks of May (3 institutional deaths and 5 community) according Katilia Pierre, head of the alert service and response to the directorate of Epidemiology and Research at the Ministry adding that 1,666 cases in total were recorded in health institutions for 1,397 hospitalizations during the period 1 to 21 May. She said that 4 departments: Centre, North, Northwest and West are on red alert. The main communes concerned by this alert include: Belladères and Mirebalais in the Centre, Grande Rivière du Nord, Milot, Pilate and Borgne in the North, Blue Basin in the Northwest and Port-au-Prince, Carrefour, Tabarre, Cabaret and Gressier in West. If Dr. Donald François who coordinates the program against cholera tries to reassure by saying that the situation is under control and urges the citizens not to panic, Dr. Jocelyne Brunache Pierre-Louis, Health Promotion Manager and Environmental Protection at the Ministry, invites citizens to be vigilant and to apply hygiene measures, especially during the wet season, which begins June 1, to prevent the spread of the epidemic. TB/ S/ HaitiLibre
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