Santo Domingo.- Suspected outbreaks of cholera continue growing as the Dominican Medical Guild (CMD) yesterday reported its reappearance in several South region communities, including Elías Piña and San Juan, and in barrios of the subdivision Los Alcarrizos and the community Caballona, in Santo Domingo West.

The rains in the last few days increase the risk of the disease’s expansion, with waste waters from creek beds and saturated septics flooding dozens of homes yesterday.

CMD president Senén Caba said more than 20 patients have tested positive in the communities Gajo de Pedro, Pinar Grande and La Rancha, in San Juan province. He said those zones can already be considered endemic, because that’s where the outbreak began, and in his view reveals the incapacity of the authorities.