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Dominican Republic Cholera Death Toll Climbs to 87

07/24/2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

“SANTO DOMINGO – THE DOMINICAN Republic’s death toll in the cholera epidemic that spread from Haiti has risen to 87 out of more than 13,000 suspected cases, authorities said on Friday.

The country shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, where the epidemic has killed more than 5,500 people.

The Dominican health ministry reported that the death toll had risen by 16 since July 8 to 87.

According to the ministry, there have been 773 new cases in the past week, for a total of 13,200 since the beginning of the epidemic, which spread to the Dominican Republic from Haiti in November 2010.

An epidemiological study published at the end of June by the US Centers for Disease Control established that UN troops from Nepal were responsible for the epidemic.” Read more.

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