"Cholera Epidemic Spreads Beyond Haiti's Borders"

"Cholera Epidemic Spreads Beyond Haiti's Borders" 

Date: November 18, 2010

The Epoch Times

By: Marco't Hoen

Dominican Republic citizens have been infected with Cholera due to visits they made to Haiti where the cholera epidemic has killed many people already. Protestors against the U.N. are blocking roads which slow down the process of those who are sick getting medical attention, and that is why many people have died up to date. People traveling from Dominican Republic to Haiti should be aware of the health conditions in this country as these can affect them no matter how short their stay may be.  Haiti is a country where people don’t have much resources and where illnesses spread quite fast. It is good that the Dominican Republic government has requested that employers from both the construction and tourism industry do not hire employees from Haiti to avoid the spread of cholera in the country. According to the Epoch Times, “over 1,100 people have died in Haiti as a result of cholera and 18,000 people are currently hospitalized.”  These statistics are scary for a country as small as Haiti. Citizens from the Dominican Republic “blame U.N. peacekeepers from Nepal” as they truly believe these people brought cholera to their country. It is unfair to blame it on someone else because even though they may be sick with cholera, but locals are still traveling to Haiti knowing the conditions and knowing that they will most likely get sick during the trip.

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