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Dominican Republic Reports First Cholera Death

   VOA News  24 January 2011

   The  Dominican  Republic  has confirmed its first death from a cholera
   outbreak that began in Haiti last year.
   Health officials said a 53-year-old man died last week.
   The  Latin  American Herald Tribune  reports the Dominican Republic's
   Health  Ministry will start a cholera control and monitoring operation
   in the area were the cholera victim lived.
   Authorities  say more than 150 cholera cases have been reported in the
   Dominican Republic since the outbreak in Haiti.  Â
   Nearly 4,000 people in Haiti have died in the cholera epidemic.
   Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of Hispaniola.

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