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Authorities said that at least seven cholera deaths occurred in Haiti, reigniting concerns about the disease’s spread in the impoverished Caribbean nation, where more than ten thousand people perished between 2010 and 2019.
At a news conference, the Ministry of Public Health and Population also reported that seven to eight persons had passed away as a result of this illness.
The director-general of the ministry, Laurie Adrian, called for the removal of roadblocks in opposition to the announcement of a fuel price hike on September 11 in order to allow patients to reach healthcare facilities and to be able to Ambulances have access to patients. “The majority of the victims died in their neighbourhoods and were unable to go to the hospital,” Adrian said.
On Sunday afternoon, the ministry announced that it had taken action to try to stop the disease’s spread and urged locals to exercise caution and good hygiene.
In 2010, the cholera virus was brought to Haiti by foreign troops working for the UN. This caused the deaths of roughly ten thousand individuals.
Prior to the epidemic spreading throughout the nation, the initial cases were noted in this region where the foreign soldiers had dumped materials containing human waste into the Artibonite River. Only in August 2016 did the UN recognise its part in spreading the virus.
With no cholera-related deaths reported in Haiti since 2019, the Ministry of Public Health held a ceremony in February to officially declare the disease eradicated there.
Haiti records 7 cholera deaths for the first time in three years.
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