Via Prensa Latina: Brote de cólera afecta a Dominicana. [Cholera outbreak affects Dominican Republic] Excerpt, with my translation:
Un brote de cólera afecta hoy la norteña provincia dominicana de Espaillat, donde se confirmaron 35 casos de más 100 personas tratadas con los síntomas de la enfermedad en hospitales públicos y privados.
A cholera outbreak today affected the northern province of Espaillat, where 35 cases have been confirmed and over 100 persons with symptoms of the disease are being treated in public and private hospitals.
El ministro de Salud Freddy Lugo dispuso que médicos de Santiago de los Caballeros refuercen la asistencia a los pacientes, precisó el director de esa área en el territorio afectado, doctor Domingo Pérez.
Health Minister Freddy Lugo has assigned doctors from Santiago de los Caballeros to reinforce patient care, said Dr. Domingo Pérez, director of that area in the affected region.
Según el reporte de las autoridades, los mayores problemas se localizan en las comunidades de Las Amapolas, La Bandada, Guaucí Abajo, Paso de Moca, La Ermita, Cuero Duro y otras pertenecientes al distrito municipal de San Víctor y el municipio de Moca.
According to authorities, the worst problems are in the communities of Las Amapolas, La Bandada, Guaucí Abajo, Paso de Moca, La Ermita, Cuero Duro, and others in the municipal district of San Víctor and the town of Moca.
La víspera, 32 personas estaban en estado grave en el hospital Toribio Besconse, informó Pedro Arroyo, director de ese centro de salud.
In the evening, 32 persons were in critical condition in Toribio Besconse Hospital, according to its director Pedro Arroyo.Meanwhile Hoy Digital in the Dominican Republic has been covering the story since Saturday. Its latest report says only 2 cases have been confirmed out of over 200 persons with cholera symptoms. It also says clean water is being dispatched in tanker trucks to the affected communities, and it also provides the correct name of the new health minister: It's Freddy Hidalgo, not Lugo.
