Havana, 10 jul (EFE).-the town of Manzanillo in the East of Cuba continues under preventive measures to deal with the cholera outbreak recorded in that zone where apparently the number of sick by this ailment is 85 people, according to Efe said today several neighbors of the municipality.

a week ago the Cuban Government confirmed an outbreak of cholera “controlled” in Manzanillo – locality of 130.500 inhabitants located in the province of Granma, to more than 800 kilometres to the East of La Habana – e reported that affected 53 had and three deceased.

since then, have not disclosed more official information nationally about the case.

several neighbors of Manzanillo today consulted by Efe by telephone confirmed that local authorities spoke last Saturday from a total of 85 cases, while maintaining a ’strong’ work of prevention with the population.

a neighbor named Manuel indicated that the Department of hygiene and epidemiology of the region performs “parties” daily on the situation by local stations radio or television and the outbreak is “well controlled”.

as he pointed out, health authorities have at their disposal “all resources” and the necessary transportation to visit different communities and two days ago that they do not enter new cases to hospitals, according to those reports premises.

another resident in Manzanillo, Ana Arencibia, pointed out that both in neighborhoods and on television and local radio has been called so that the population to boil water and cook good food.

in addition, a queried who preferred anonymity added that it is supplied to inhabitants ’sodium hypochlorite’ bottles to throw overboard, has banned the use of waters from wells and doctors visit homes to verify the compliance of the measures.

sources nationale und lokale Offiziere vom Efe in den letzten Tagen gehört nicht zur Verfügung gestellt aktualisierte Informationen über den Ausbruch der Cholera.

aus dem Kommuniqué am 3. Juli haben weder die Regierung noch die nationalen Medien Weitere Informationen über die epidemiologische Situation in der östlichen Provinz befindet sich ca. 800 km östlich von La Habana. gegeben

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ein offizieller Blogger Yohandry verweigert in seinem Logbuch, es sind Fälle von Cholera in Havanna, genannt “berichtete Ausbrüche von Durchfall, typisch für diesen Sommermonaten”, wo er schrieb zitiert eine Quelle aus dem Ministerium für öffentliche Gesundheit von Kuba.

nach diesem Blogger, “alle Krankenhäuser haben die notwendigen Mittel, um mit jeder Situation fertig zu werden” und in der Provinz Granma “ausgelöst, auch ein direkter System zur Information an die Öffentlichkeit, die Verwendet den lokalen Medien und anderen Kommunikations-Tools, um die Dorfbewohner zu orientieren”. EFE