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A raging cholera epidemic in Haiti may deter some voters from participating in Sunday’s national elections, but postponing or canceling the polls could threaten stability in the Caribbean country, the European Union’s envoy said on Monday.

The death toll has risen to at least 1,344 in the cholera outbreak in Haiti that has sickened nearly 57,000 people, the Haitian government said Monday.

Haiti’s raging cholera epidemic showed no sign of relenting Sunday with the death toll rising to 1,250, amid debate over whether to delay next week’s key election until the outbreak is brought under control.

Haiti is facing an “unusual” cholera epidemic that could be more severe than figures suggest, according to a French cholera expert who is advising Haitian health authorities.

Haiti’s cholera epidemic will inevitably spread to the Dominican Republic but is likely to cause less devastation there, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

The top UN envoy in Haiti called for an end to protests against UN peacekeepers whom Haitians blame for importing a cholera epidemic that has now claimed nearly 1,200 lives.

The United Nations-led international response to Haiti’s deadly cholera epidemic is “inadequate” and woefully short of funding, aid groups, including the U.N. humanitarian agency, said on Friday.

The cholera epidemic that has killed 1,110 people and sickened thousands in Haiti is part of a 49-year-old global pandemic and likely was brought to the Caribbean country in a single instance, scientists said on Thursday.

While the United Nations warned that protests were hampering efforts to save lives in the Haiti cholera outbreak, a leading non-profit group lashed out at organizations for what it called an “inadequate” response.

PORT-AU-PRINCE , Haiti — Anti-U.N. violence spread to Haiti’s capital Thursday as protesters blocked roads and attacked foreigners’ cars over suspicions that peacekeepers introduced a cholera epidemic that has killed more than 1,100 people.