I haven't seen a disease outbreak shake Mexico like this since H1N1 in 2009. Via El Universal: Vigilancia en todo el país por cólera. [Vigilance throughout the country over cholera] Excerpt, with my translation:
La Secretaría de Salud (Ssa) emitió un aviso nacional a todas las unidades de vigilancia epidemiológica del país y centros estatales de salud para que el personal esté alerta ante cualquier caso sospechoso de cólera y lo notifique de inmediato.
The Secretariat of Health (Ssa) has issued a national alert to all the country's epidemiological surveillance units and state health agencies, urging their personnel to be alert for any suspected case of cholera, and to report it immediately.
Esta medida se origina a raíz de la aparición de ocho personas enfermas de cólera en Hidalgo, de las cuales una ya falleció, situación que no se había presentado en el país desde hace 16 años.
This measure stems from the 8 persons infected with cholera in Hidalgo state, of whom one has died. The country has not faced such a situation in 16 years.
En México, la última epidemia de cólera ocurrió en los años 90. De 1991 a 2001 se han contabilizado 45 mil 924 casos, con 552 defunciones, según el boletín epidemiológico de la Ssa.
In Mexico the last cholera epidemic occurred in the 1990s. Between 1991 and 2001, 45,925 cases were identified, with 552 deaths, according to the epidemiological bulletin of Ssa.All told, El Universal has published seven cholera reports since Thursday. El Sol de Hidalgo, right in the hot zone, reports that an epidemiological alert was declared on Wednesday.
This is serious. Hidalgo state is just a little to the north of Mexico City, with a population of over 21 million in the metropolitan region. Mexico's current population is about 117 million, and the country sees a steady flow of tourists, emigrants, and citizens returning from the US and other countries. (I was right behind a Mexican couple in the security line-up at Heathrow yesterday.)
So if cholera does spread in Mexico, it could spread in many other countries as well.
