"The first known case of cholera in the United States linked to the outbreak in Haiti was confirmed Wednesday by health officials who said a southwest Florida woman contracted the disease while visiting family in a region at the heart of Haiti’s epidemic."
Original Article
On Wednesday, November 17th, heath officials confirmed that a case of cholera was linked to the outbreak in Haiti. The woman who was diagnosed with cholera had spent some time in the Artibonite region in Haiti. She has spend five days in the hospital and is expected to have a full recovery.
"Anxiety has been growing fiercely that the cholera epidemic, which began last week in the northwest of Haiti, will soon strike the earthquake-ravaged Port-Au-Prince metropolitan area."
Original Article
As of October 24th, 2010, there have been more than 250 deaths and over 3,100 cases of Cholera in Haiti. In areas around where the outbreak is, people are handing out soap and water purifiers and are stressing the importance of hygiene. Even though the death rate has gone down, that does not mean the disease is going to be gone quickly.
