Haiti cholera death toll passes 300



Geneva (dpa) - The death toll in Haiti's cholera outbreak has
climbed to 303, the World Health Organization in Geneva said
Thursday, citing figures from the Haitian health ministry.

There were 4,722 confirmed cases of the disease in Haiti, mostly
in Artibonte department and other northern areas of the country.

Health services' priorities were to protect families at the
community level and strengthen the medical response, the WHO said,
also announcing technical information, including which antibiotics
were resistant to the strain of cholera in Haiti.


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