New cholera cases after tropical storm do not amount to outbreak, Haitian officials say

Haiti has "reported new cases of cholera as aftermath of the tropical storm Isaac, but Public Health Ministry General Director Guirlene Raymond said that "so far the numbers do not match outbreak ratings," Prensa Latina reports (8/30). "Donald Francis, in charge of the disease in the ministry [of health], said that there is a stability in the incidence of the disease in Haiti," Bernama/NNN writes, adding, "According to official statistics, as of early July the number of cholera deaths since its appearance in October 2010 had risen to 7,418" (8/30).