The cholera outbreak in Haiti has already left 490 dead since its outbreak in October

MADRID, 22 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Haitian Ministry of Public Health has confirmed that cholera has claimed the lives of 490 people since its outbreak in October last year in the Caribbean country; a health crisis that adds to the backs of a country in a state of food emergency and ravaged by crime.

According to the latest official balance published late on Saturday by Haiti Libre, the Haitian health authorities have confirmed a total of 1,742 cases while trying to finish verifying another 24,536 probable ones. The number of hospitalized with symptoms amounts to 20,505 since the declaration of the first case, on October 3, 2022.

The average age of those admitted to hospitals is 20 years and the incidence is especially notable among children between 1 and 9 years of age, with a total of 8,200 probable cases.

This health crisis occurs at a time of extreme insecurity to the point that the Government of Canada has announced the transport of armored vehicles to Haiti to deal with the insecurity crisis facing the Central American country.

The Canadian Foreign Minister, Mélanie Joly, and the Defense Minister, Anita Anand, reported a few weeks ago that the Executive has thus responded to the Haitian government's requests to strengthen security.

To this must be added the hunger crisis. In this sense, the Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, has announced that the country will begin to receive financial support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to respond to the food emergency.

As reported by the head of the Executive, Haiti is one of the first countries to benefit from this program --called the Food Shock Window-- and will allow it to implement "a series of social protection actions," he detailed last weekend week in a message via Twitter.