The Minister of Public Health, Freddy Hidalgo says that water quality in the National District had helped the province of Santo Domingo and the National District to prevent a cholera outbreak.
Speaking at an inauguration of a modern water testing and control laboratory belonging to the Santo Domingo Corporation for Water and Sewers (CAASD) yesterday, Tuesday 25 February, he said that thanks to the work of CAASD director Alejandro Montas in the area of water improvement, there had not been that many cases of cholera in Greater Santo Domingo.
He went on to say that the new laboratory would enable the quality of the water to be even better and prevent the spread of water-borne diseases.
Montas said that water quality in the National District and Santo Domingo Province had improved by more than 50% and he was striving to achieve a 100% improvement before the end of his time in office.