16.03.2011, 19:46
Die Cholera-Epidemie in Haiti: Ein Sachverhalt, der in den letzten Monaten ziemlich in der Versenkung verschwunden ist, obgleich die Lage nachwievor dramatisch ist...
Schneemann.
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The cholera epidemic affecting Haiti looks set to be far worse than officials had thought, experts fear. Rather than affecting a predicted 400,000 people, the diarrhoeal disease could strike nearly twice as many as this, latest estimates suggest.
Aid efforts will need ramping up, US researchers told The Lancet journal. The World Health Organization says everything possible is being done to contain the disease and warns that modelling estimates can be inaccurate. [...]
They believe the toll could reach 779,000, with 11,100 deaths by the end of November 2011.
Schneemann.