Medical workers in Haiti on November 12 called the upward trend in deaths and illnesses in the cholera outbreak "alarming" as the earthquake-devastated nation's already strained health system overflowed with the sick.
In the slum of Cite Soleil on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Medecins San Frontieres saw 216 cases of cholera at Choscal Hospital on November 11. Five days ago, that number was only 30. It was expected to be even higher in the days ahead.
The death toll climbed to 796 on November 11, according to Haiti's Ministry of Public Health and Population. More than 12,000 people have been sickened.
Epidemiologists predict the outbreak could last for months and say the entire nation of almost 10 million people is at risk because they have no immunity to cholera.
The United Nations warned that Haiti is facing one of the most severe outbreaks of the disease in the past 100 years.
CNN/VOVNews
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