The UN has rejected the charge that Nepali peacekeepers in Haiti brought cholera to the Caribbean nation which claimed more than 1,100 lives. UN spokesperson, Farhan Haq,told journalists on Thursday that from a medical point of view, there has been no direct connection established between cholera and this contingent of soldiers. He added that although the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) had established that the cholera strain in Haiti was the South Asian strain, that strain has traveled around the world and is not confined to South Asia.The infection is spreading quickly due to the unhygienic conditions prevailing in makeshift camps that shelter close to a million people who were displaced by the powerful earthquake last January.The outbreak of cholera had led to violent protests in Haiti against the peacekeepers, which have claimed the lives of two people. On Thursday, reports from the ground said that hundreds of angry protesters stoned a UN patrol in Haiti.