A cholera outbreak has hit Havana/via Colin Hale

According to reports, a recent cholera outbreak in Cuba affecting the Havana, Santiago, and Camaguey provinces has resulted in 163 new cases this year, with 12 foreign visitors among the infected.

The infected foreign visitors were from Europe and Latin America, but no fatalies have been reported from this most recent outbreak.

Cuba reportedly notified international health monitors when health officials became aware of the outbreak, according to the Pan American Health Organization.

The U.S. Department of State has issued a travel warning for Cuba, noting that cholera is a major risk for American visitors to the country.

Cuban state media, including the Communist Party newspaper Granma, has not reported about this latest outbreak, but has reported on earlier outbreaks.

Last summer, 417 people became infected and three people died due to cholera in Cuba. In both cases, officials traced the outbreak to unsanitary food services.

While Cuba maintains a near-universal healthcare system and touts it as one of the many successes of the Cuban Revolution, serious issues regarding sanitation and water treatment remain.  The state-run travel agencies warns visitors to not drink or use tap water.

Read more about Cuba's cholera outbreak at the Washington Post and Miami Herald.

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