"Cholera alert reaches Venezuela via Dominican Republic"- By James

“More than 20 Venezuelans have contracted cholera after visiting the Dominican Republic, the Venezuelan health ministry has said.”

            The infected were taken to a local hospital in Caracas and are kept in quarantine. The patients had gone to the Dominican Republic for a wedding celebration. Cholera had reached the Dominican Republic last November. A number of people living in Venezuela might also have Cholera.

"The people must remain calm because all those infected had attended a family gathering in the Dominican Republic," said Venezuelan Health Minister Eugenia Sader. She also said that Venezuela had sufficient medical supplies to treat the Cholera.

The Dominican Republic had reported 286 cases of Cholera. I Haiti, almost 200,000 people have been infected since October. The aid agency said that the infection is slowly down.

Cholera is a bacterial disease spread by contaminated drinking water or food, but is treatable with oral or intravenous re-hydration and antibiotics.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12292666