A Haitian doctor says he is seeing more cholera deaths as the rainy season shifts into the hurricane season.
Dr. Gabriel Thimothee is the executive director of Haiti’s health ministry. He said 10 people have died of cholera since May 26. They all died in Carrefour, a seaside city just outside Port-au-Prince.
It had been two weeks since somebody died of the diarrheal disease.
Rain has soaked the Haitian capital almost every night in recent weeks. Thimothee said Tuesday that rain water contaminated with the cholera bacteria may be infecting people.
Officials fear cholera could spread further with hurricane season gets starting Wednesday.
Cholera was first detected in Haiti last year, with 277,000 cases and 5,000 deaths reported since then.
