The Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism reassures visitors that the isolated case of cholera contracted in Haiti by a citizen visiting his family in that country has been diagnosed and successfully treated at a hospital in the Dominican Republic.  DR Minister of Health Bautista Rojas Gomez, accompanied by Dominican Medical Association president Dr. Senen Caba and Pan-American Health Organization representative Lilian Reneau-Vernon, said there was no reason to be alarmed. The DR has a well-organized public education, awareness and monitoring campaign to prevent the disease from spreading into the country. No locally originated cholera cases have been reported in the DR and the possibility of contracting cholera in the Dominican Republic is very remote.

In the clinical history of the Dominican Republic, there has never been a case of cholera that was contracted in the country.  The DR has advanced water and sewage systems, modern communications and technology systems, advanced health and medical facilities and institutions, excellent transportation systems and well-developed infrastructure with a strong culture of hygiene that makes the incidence of cholera or spread of the disease in the country highly unlikely.