Haiti Cholera Spike Fears as Blockade Lifts

HAITI – Cholera cases are overwhelming Haiti, and experts warn the situation could worsen now that the country is bustling following the end of a paralyzing fuel blockade that lasted two months.

A spokesman for Haiti’s Ministry of Health, telling the Associated Press that people are back on the streets and likely spreading cholera as government struggles to find life-saving equipment.

Pan American Health Organization reports at least 161 people have died and more than 7,600 are hospitalized.