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10-27-2010, 03:10 PM
The government has authorized the reopening of the bi-national markets in the border area on Friday with the warning that they have to function in the center of each city with the required levels of hygiene and controls established by the Ministry of Health to reduce the risk of cholera entering the Dominican Republic. The market days are held every Monday and Friday. The Minister of Health, Bautista Rojas Gomez, confirmed the decision yesterday.
Rojas Gomez said that the Dajabon market would be held in the northern part of the city, where it will operate until the threat of cholera disappears.
More than 259 people have died of cholera in Haiti over the last few days. The minister said that the Monday markets were suspended to give the authorities time to analyze the measures being put into effect that included restrictions on some products coming into the DR from the neighboring country.
Meanwhile, World Health Organization (WHO) representative Fadela Chaib said she believed that it was unnecessary to close the border with Haiti, or to restrict trips or trade with the Caribbean nation or any other nation.
Rojas Gomez, together with the president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), Senen Caba and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) representative in the DR, Lilian Reneau, travelled around the border provinces to oversee compliance with the prevention measures that are being enforced.
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Rojas Gomez said that the Dajabon market would be held in the northern part of the city, where it will operate until the threat of cholera disappears.
More than 259 people have died of cholera in Haiti over the last few days. The minister said that the Monday markets were suspended to give the authorities time to analyze the measures being put into effect that included restrictions on some products coming into the DR from the neighboring country.
Meanwhile, World Health Organization (WHO) representative Fadela Chaib said she believed that it was unnecessary to close the border with Haiti, or to restrict trips or trade with the Caribbean nation or any other nation.
Rojas Gomez, together with the president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), Senen Caba and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) representative in the DR, Lilian Reneau, travelled around the border provinces to oversee compliance with the prevention measures that are being enforced.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)