Cholera outbreak in central Haiti has spread throughout the country, causing 1,000 deaths. China's commercial trade office in Haiti on behalf of Wang Shuping exclusive interview yesterday, said that at present more than 60 in Haiti no one overseas Chinese cholera. Because local drug shortage at the Shang Dynasty have been seeking help to domestic emergency anti-cholera drugs.
■ drugs is expected to arrive in Haiti this week
"This week will be able to estimate the drugs." Wang Shuping told reporters on the phone, Haiti has not the capacity to produce cholera vaccines, other medicines are also very scarce, the face of the epidemic spreading, the Shang Dynasty at the domestic help, hopes to provide anti- cholera medicines, received positive response.
According to media reports, because of the low level of medical care, few Haitians received cholera vaccine, which makes the epidemic outbreak. Wang Shuping said that the Chinese people to Haiti before the inoculation of cholera vaccines generally, but vaccines are only valid for six months, so many people of the vaccine had expired.
Wang Shuping said that these drugs not to rescue the staff of the Shang Dynasty dedicated, in cases of emergency, it will be available to all persons in need of Chinese-funded institutions and overseas Chinese. "We will make every effort to ensure the health and safety of compatriots in Haiti."
■ phone to remind overseas Chinese epidemic prevention
According to information provided at the Shang Dynasty, the Overseas Chinese in Haiti is currently about 60 people, including the staff of the Shang Dynasty, the Chinese peacekeeping police stationed in Haiti, civil, representatives of Chinese-funded institutions, private business people and overseas Chinese in the local settlement.
"We understand that the Chinese people in Haiti have not been infected with cholera." Wang Shuping, told reporters that cholera is mainly through unclean drinking water and food borne, since late October from their channels such as through phone calls, repeatedly reminded the staff in Haiti to the prevention of epidemics and other safety information about common sense, avoid drinking unboiled water and eating raw fruits and vegetables and meat.
In addition, the Shang Dynasty at the site also intends to go to Haiti, people are prompted to vaccination, to carry drugs.
■ keep in close contact with the peacekeeping police
Earlier this month, China sent the eighth team to Haiti to go to Haiti for the implementation of civilian police peacekeeping missions. This police force separate from the Beijing Public Security Bureau set up by 28 policemen. With the spread of the epidemic, on the "detachment of cholera into the United Nations" was uproar, and even broke out in several cities in Haiti, anti-UN protests. This reporter saw the blog on some of the families of police officers, expressing their loved ones miss.
"Our civil peacekeeping police this week began to perform the task. Please be assured that present them well." Wang Shuping said Shang Department has been the leader of the Force maintained close contact, keep abreast of dispersed peacekeeping team situation.
Wang Shuping representatives told reporters, after training and go through various procedures, 28 players were assigned to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti in the different departments in different parts of Haiti, including 13 individuals in the capital Port au Prince, the other 15 were assigned to the E Tebo Bennett, central plateau and other regions of the police station.
Beijing Public Security Bureau official micro-Bo, and recorded the latest developments in Haiti peacekeeping police. Peacekeeping and civilian police in Port said, "The first day at work: facing the vast sea and the beach was supposed to be the beautiful foothills of ... ... Now, earthquakes, hurricanes, cholera has been struck, the reconstruction of Haiti, the United Nations long way to go."
Haiti has no diplomatic relations with China. China and Haiti, respectively, the capital of the mutual establishment of business in each other's trade office. Requirements of the United Nations since October 2004, the Chinese government has sent eight of Haiti peacekeeping police anti-riot team.
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