Friday 15 January, 2021
Yemen’s rainy season could accelerate the outbreak, agencies have warned.
One quarter of the people who have died in this outbreak were children.
And there’s been a 190% increase in the disease in Haiti this year.
A second ceasefire in the country has collapsed and both rebels and government forces are blocking the paths of UN peacekeepers.
It is unacceptable that medical staff are being denied access to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis since the Cold War, writes Irish-Libyan doctor Dr Fatima Hamroush.
The recovery from the 2010 earthquake has slowed but there are strong grounds for optimism, says Concern Worldwide Regional Director, Bríd Kennedy.
During their visit, they will review Ireland’s development programme and Irish Aid’s work in the country.
Plan Ireland has said that children are at risk of waterborne diseases because of their weaker immune systems
The onset of the rainy season means an increase in cholera, but the country is not prepared for this, Médecins Sans Frontières has said.
It’s rainy season on the earthquake-stricken island – and the charity warns that cholera cases are already on the up again.
The disease has killed more than 5,500 people and sickened more than 363,000 others since it was discovered in October.
Almost 8,000 people have been diagnosed with the disease so far as aid organisations struggle to contain the outbreak.
The likely Republican candidate for president travels to Port-au-Prince as part of an evangelical humanitarian delegation.
Demonstrations against Nepalese peacekeepers turn violent, as UN soldiers open fire and complain of political bias.
The epidemic is only going to get worse, say outbreak experts.
Ireland pledges a further €500,000 and much-needed humanitarian supplies to the devastated Caribbean country.
The death toll reaches 544 as authorities fear that the infection in Port-au-Prince could spread to refugee camps.
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442 people have now been declared dead and 6,742 hospitalised as the pandemic reaches new areas.
Even as the death rate falls, the UN warns that the spread of cholera in the devastated country has not come to an end.
As Haiti crosses its fingers that its own outbreak stays away from refugee camps, Nigeria succumbs to an epidemic.
Almost 350 people have now been declared dead after the virus was carried into the capital city – and possibly onto camps.
Disease concerns cause Irish charity to delay sending workers due to participate in re-building projects.
