On Saturday, UN officials confirmed that five cases of cholera were detected in Port-au-Prince. UN spokeswoman Imogen Wall said the five were quickly diagnosed and isolated. Gabriel Thimote, director general of Haiti's Health Department, told a news conference in Port-au-Prince on Sunday that 253 people have died of the bacterial infection, while total cases number 3,015.
Haiti's government and aid agencies have rushed doctors, nurses, medicines and clean water supplies to the affected central regions. Cholera prevention information campaigns and distribution of hygienic materials had intensified in the hilly, rubble-strewn capital, where quake survivor camps fill squares, streets, parks and even a golf course.
Haitian Health Minister Alex Larsen has urged people to wash hands with soap, not eat raw vegetables, boil all food and drinking water and avoid bathing in and drinking from rivers.
Haiti's government and aid agencies have rushed doctors, nurses, medicines and clean water supplies to the affected central regions. Cholera prevention information campaigns and distribution of hygienic materials had intensified in the hilly, rubble-strewn capital, where quake survivor camps fill squares, streets, parks and even a golf course.
Haitian Health Minister Alex Larsen has urged people to wash hands with soap, not eat raw vegetables, boil all food and drinking water and avoid bathing in and drinking from rivers.
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