Haiti: Death Toll Rises to 800 in Expanding Cholera Epidemic

The death toll in Haiti’s cholera epidemic has climbed to 800, an American medical expert said Thursday.

The expert, Ezra Barzilay, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the health emergency created by the epidemic was worsening.

“As of Nov. 8, we had about 640 deaths,” he told a medical conference in Biloxi, Miss., by phone from Haiti.

“Today we are at 800.” Dr. Barzilay also expressed concern about the risk of transmission to the United States and other countries