Via Hoy Digital: El cólera sigue extendiéndose. [Cholera keeps spreading] This is a long article; here's a brief excerpt, with my translation:
Senén Caba, presidente del CMD, informó que más de 20 pacientes han dado positivo en las comunidades de Gajo de Pedro, Pinar Grande y La Rancha, provincia de San Juan. Muchos han tenido que ser traslados a San Juan de la Maguana.
Senén Caba, president of the Dominican Medical College, said more than 20 patients have tested positive for cholera in the communities of Gajo de Piedra, Pinar Grande, and La Rancha, in San Juan province. Many have had to be moved to San Juan de la Maguana.
Cree que estos lugares, junto a El Cercado, son zonas que ya se pueden considerar endémicas, porque por ahí comenzó ese problema, lo que demuestra la incapacidad de las autoridades.
He thinks that these places, near El Cercado, are zones that can now be considered endemic because the problem originated there, showing the incapacity of the authorities.
Dominican Today has a brief English version of the report.
Cholera in the DR is a notable story for several reasons implicit in this excerpt: The disease is spreading rapidly. Testing is inadequate or simply not bothered with. Coverage is sketchy even in the Spanish-language media, with the notable exception of Hoy Digital. International interest is minimal. And there is a sharp political dispute between the Ministry of Public Health and the Dominican Medical College, which is an ominous symptom in itself.
