Haitian health authorities have confirmed that since the reopening of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport, the French-speaking Caribbean country has recorded a 73 per cent increase in the number of imported cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
The Ministry of Public Health said that prior to the reopening on July 1, the country had recorded 57 imported cases of the virus, but that the figure has since increased to 99, an additional 42 cases in the first four days.
The ministry explains that the increase of imported cases is attributable to an 86 per cent increase (36 cases) from the Dominican Republic and 14 per cent (six cases) from the United States.
The ministry said that since March 19, the number of COVID-19 cases here total 6,333 with 59.1 per cent of the cases being males.
It said that the number of people to have died from the virus is 113, while 4,671 cases have been classified as active and there are 13, 638 suspected cases.
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How can anyone be shocked – you are reopening too early! This is worldwide, so as long as the US and SA keep failing, we will be at risk. NO TOURISM this year – just accept it! The minute you open to visitors, the numbers will increase and you put your population at risk. People from Haiti are being smuggled onto other islands now which endangers us all. You will NOT be able to accept US flights, cruises, or anything else until there is a vaccine, so plan accordingly. You need better leaders if all you have is tourism to keep your economy afloat – time to invest in your nation and its people and forget tourist season this year! Nothing has changed on these islands – you have the same medical resources as before, so you simply cannot afford to let visitors back unless they come from places where the virus is under control.
but we share border we them and they Really poor country to.fight this pandemic along.