The cholera epidemic is spreading quickly in Gonaives, at least 60 people died of cholera in the last 72 hours, including thirty for Tuesday alone, said Jean Francois Adolphe, the mayor of the fourth largest city.
"Between Thursday and Monday 25 people died in hospitals of the city" the mayor said adding that his administration had discovered and picked up forty dead bodies in the villages, because they could receive treatment in time "people ill have to walk to the hospital because taxis and public transportation refused to transport them," some succombemt on the way to the hospital.
Other bodies, covered with a sheet, were found near the cemetery" revealed the mayor, who added that the city is in panic. The population has loudly protested yesterday to demand the government, emergency aid to cope with the epidemic.
