Via El Venezolano: Venezuela refuerza vigilancia ante alerta de cólera en Cuba. [Venezuela strengthens vigilance after cholera alert in Cuba] Excerpt, with my translation:
El Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud mantiene todos los servicios de salud del país en alerta ante la notificación emitida por el servicio de salud de Cuba, sobre la presencia de varios casos de cólera en la isla caribeña.
The Ministry of Popular Power for Health is maintaining all the country's health services on alert after the news announced by the Cuban health service on the presence of several cholera cases in the Caribbean island.
La viceministra de Redes Colectivas de Salud, Miriam Morales, indicó que a diferencia de otros países, en Venezuela no se baja la guardia ante las enfermedades.
The vice-minister of Collective Health Networks, Miriam Morales, said that unlike other countries, Venezuela doesn't lower its guard against disease.
Asimismo, Morales recordó que en estos casos Venezuela refuerza la vigilancia en las fronteras, puertos y aeropuertos.
At the same time, Morales states that in these cases Venezuela reinforces vigilance at the borders, ports, and airports.
Nevertheless, Venezuela had a bad cholera scare early in 2011: Hundreds of guests at a big wedding party in the Dominican Republic contracted cholera and then flew home to Venezuela and a couple of other Latin American countries.
