Dr. Ginty Fels Exalos, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health, told a local radio station that the disease could not be adequately combated if people did not believe it existed.
He also admitted that due to the socio-political context, the means of intervention by the authorities are imitated, but in many areas they carry out work such as epidemiological surveillance, awareness-raising and medical care.
Cholera first appeared on October 1 in Haiti amid a blockade of the main oil terminal, limiting the work of hospitals, water treatment plants, factories, oxygen producers and even the public administration itself.
Since that date, the authorities have identified 8,257 suspected cases, including 791 confirmed cases, while 7,228 people have been treated in health centers.
In addition, 101 deaths were reported in health institutions and 54 more at the community level, including deaths from the National Prison, which is the largest prison in Haiti located in this capital.
Eight of the 10 counties are affected by the disease, although the West still has the highest number of cases so far.
In that department, 3,344 suspected cases were reported in the municipality of Port-au-Prince, 1,470 in Cité Soleil, 875 in Carrefour, 541 in Pétion-Ville, 176 in Tabaré, 146 in Croix-de-Bouquet and 102 in Petite. – Goâve. , 54 in Ganthier and 48 in Kenscoff.
Fils pointed out that children from one to four years of age constitute the most registered age group, followed by young people from 20 to 29 years old.
The outbreak revived old wounds in the Caribbean nation that was affected by the disease in 2010 and as a result around 10,000 people died and more than 800,000 were infected.
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