Cholera in Haiti: 25 more deaths in 24 hours, 330 total

Haiti: The cholera epidemic in Haiti had 330 deaths on Friday, is 25 more than yesterday, announced the Haitian authorities, who also reported 65 additional hospitalizations or 4714.

The new record has been communicated by the Director General of the Ministry of Health of Haiti, Gabriel Thimoté, during a press conference.

It shows both an increase in the number of deaths and a slowdown in the number of new admissions: the day before, authorities had recorded 13 deaths and 502 hospitalizations news.

"We have taken all steps to control the spread of the epidemic by increasing awareness and epidemiological surveillance," said Dr. Thimoté.

"We have asked our international partners to assist the Ministry of Health to strengthen disease surveillance," he said, adding that authorities had received from these partners' amount of beds and medicines "that have been pre- in different regions of the country.