(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Haiti on Sunday said at least seven people have died of cholera
in a surprise return of the disease that comes as the nation is
paralyzed by a gang blockade that has triggered shortages of fuel
and clean drinking water, reports citing .
The disease killed some 10,000 people through a 2010 outbreak
that has been blamed on a United Nations peacekeeping force. The
Pan American Health Organization in 2020 said Haiti had gone a year
with no confirmed cholera cases.
'According to the information we have, the number of deaths is
about 7 to 8,' said Health Ministry General Director Laure Adrien
during a press conference, adding that officials were struggling to
get information from hospitals.
'There was one death during the day today.'
The Health Ministry earlier confirmed one case in the
Port-au-Prince area and that there were suspect cases in the town
of Cite Soleil outside the capital, which was the site of vicious
gang turf wars in July.
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Gangs have since last month been blocking the country's main fuel
port in protest over last month's announcement of a fuel price
hike. Many hospitals have shut down or scaled back operations for
lack of fuel to power generators.
Basic transit is now impossible for most citizens.
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