Haiti reports at least seven suspected deaths as outbreak hits amid rising gang violence, limited fuel and water access. Haiti has reported at least two confirmed cases of cholera, local health officials and the World Health Organization said, raising concerns that the disease will spread amid worsening gang violence and insecurity in the Caribbean nation. A day earlier, Haiti’s public …
MIAMI — The Pan American Health Organization said Wednesday it expects omicron to become the predominant coronavirus variant in the Americas in the coming weeks, where confirmed cases have reached record levels. “While delta is still causing new infections in the Americas, based on current trends, omicron is on track to become the dominant strain in our region,” Carissa Etienne, …
The virus spread rapidly across the region during the holiday season and is challenging already strained health systems. Driven by the rapid spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, new infections have reached unprecedented levels across the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization said, doubling cases during the past week. During a regular news briefing on Wednesday, PAHO Director Carissa Etienne …
