UN spokesperson: 16 confirmed cholera deaths in Haiti

[October 11, 2022]  GENEVA (Reuters) - There have been 16 confirmed deaths from cholera in Haiti and 32 confirmed cases, a United Nations spokesperson said on Tuesday, citing the latest figures from U.N. humanitarian workers there.

"We are very, very concerned," Margaret Harris of the World Health Organization, who spoke at a news conference with the U.N. spokesperson, added with reference to cholera outbreaks in Haiti and beyond.

(Reporting by Paul Carrel; Editing by Madeline Chambers)

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