Cholera deaths reaches 71 in Dominican Republic since last November

In this June 30, 2011 photo, a boy suffering cholera symptoms is carried to the treatment center in Mirebalais, a dusty crossroads town a one-hour drive north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The center is again seeing dozens of new patients a day, many arriving at the edge of death from dehydration. Cholera has sickened at least 370,000 people and killed more than 5,500 since the outbreak started in October, according to the Health Ministry. The disease is relatively easy to treat if people can get help in time.
SANTO DOMINGO, July 8 (Xinhua) -- A total of 71 people had died from cholera-related diseases since last November, including nine deaths last week, the Health Ministry said on Friday.

The number of suspected cholera cases had risen to 10,760 after 1,014 new cases were registered alone in the last week.

With the arrival of the rainy season, the ministry has tightened measures to prevent the spread of Cholera and other diseases.

The first cholera cases in the Dominican Republic was detected in November 2010, one month after an outbreak started in neighboring Haiti.

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