The outbreak of cholera in Haiti has spread outside the rural Artibonite region, intensifying concerns that the disease could reach camps that house hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors in the capital.
By early Saturday, nearly 200 people were confirmed dead and authorities said more than 2,000 others were sick.
The first two cholera cases outside Artibonite were confirmed in Arcahaie, a town closer to the capital, Port-au-Prince. Experts were also investigating possible cases in Croix-des-Bouquet, a suburb of the capital, and radio reports said there were two dozen cases of diarrhoea on Gonave island.
Aid groups and the government were rushing medical teams, medicine, clean water and water purification to the affected areas.'
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