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![]() Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Nov 7, 2010 Haitians mopped up the muddy wreckage left by Hurricane Tomas Sunday, amid fears that flooding left by the killer storm will worsen a cholera epidemic that has killed more than 500 people so far. The Haitian Health Ministry reported that the death toll has now climbed to 501, from 442 just three days ago, and that 7,359 people have been hospitalized with the disease. The Artibonite River, believed to be a prime source of the cholera epidemic, was flooding Saturday, swollen by the heavy rains dum ... read more |
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![]() Haiti cholera deaths rise above 300 Haiti's cholera toll rose Thursday above 300, as doctors sought to contain an epidemic that is seeing desperate patients overwhelm the quake-hit nation's crumbling hospitals. ... more | .. |
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