The Ministry of Health is monitoring cases of cholera in Venezuela and Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said there is no reason to be fearful.
The Venezuelan Health Ministry has confirmed 111 “imported” cases from the Dominican Republic. No deaths have been confirmed. Together with cases in Haiti starting in the 41st epidemiological week in 2010 these are the first large-scale occurrence in the Americas since 1994, Ramsammy said in a statement last evening. The recent Venezuelan cases were a result of guests at a Dominican Republic wedding eating contaminated lobster.
Guyana’s last encounter with cholera was in 1992/93. According
