venezuela

185 treated for cholera after eating infected lobster

Caracas (AP):

Venezuela's health minister says the number of cholera cases in the country has risen to 185 as more people who attended a wedding in the Dominican Republic are undergoing treatment.

Health Minister Eugenia Sader tells the Venezuelan radio station Union Radio yesterday that all of those receiving treatment attended the January 22 wedding.

Wedding guests

Dominican officials say guests at the wedding ate contaminated lobster bought in a town bordering Haiti, where a cholera epidemic has killed more than 4,000 people.

Sader says there have been no cases of Venezuelans becoming infected beyond those who attended the wedding.

Before those who attended the wedding were diagnosed, Venezuela had not reported any cholera cases since 2000.