Officials Investigate Possible Miami Cholera Case

[Hannah Bell]

A suspected case of cholera has landed in Miami. The disease has killed some 2,000 people and put 30,000 others in hospitals in Haiti.

The Centers For Disease Control (CDC) confirms that a man fell ill with cholera-like symptoms Thanksgiving Day while on an American Airlines flight from Santo Domingo to Miami International Airport.

The CDC said the man is a doctor who had been treating cholera patients. American Airlines said he had been to Haiti, and was returning on their flight 778 from the neighboring Dominican Republic. The flight was met by health officials and an EMS team when it arrived at MIA at 6:06 pm Thursday.

Dr. Fermin Leguen of the Miami-Dade Health Department confirmed at a Friday afternoon news conference that the man had symptoms suggestive of cholera - nausea, diarrhea and dehydration. Leguen said it could take several days for tests to confirm whether he in fact has the disease. Officials have not released the patient's name. CBS4 News learned that he is being treated at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

http://cbs4.com/health/cholera.south.florida.2.2025027.html


Just yesterday I predicted cholera cases in the US within the year as fallout from the Haiti epidemic -- which is still spreading.