To date 13 people have died from the disease
This week there were 34 new cases of patients . GOMEZSANTO LUIS DOMINGO. A Haitian 25-year-old who worked as a laborer in La Altagracia province became victim number 13 of cholera, a disease that in the last week recorded 34 new cases, according to yesterday's report of the Ministry of Health.
The man died in hospital Aristides Fiallo Cabral, the Dominican Social Security Institute (IDSS), where he received medical care.
Despite the 13 deaths and 784 cases confirmed, health authorities say the situation is under strict control. The newly confirmed
belong to the National District and Santo Domingo province, Azua, San Pedro de Macoris, Santiago de los Caballeros, Puerto Plata, La Romana, La Altagracia and El Seibo.
According to Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez, none were in danger of losing their lives and all are leading a normal life, after receiving appropriate care in health centers.
The institution maintains the call for people to maintain hygiene measures.
Cholera in Haiti
On the cholera epidemic in Haiti has killed more than 4,500 people, while 300,000 will have been contaminated, according to the ministry of health in that country.
The situation aggravates the problem of deaths health of the nation, because ignorance leads many Haitians to throw the bodies in the streets, for fear of contamination.
The cholera epidemic began 10 months ago, after the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, according to reports from the United Nations Organization (UNO), the cause is a strain introduced in the country by the constant human movement that caused the quake.
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