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by OnCuba Staff
August 20, 2020
In the face of the outbreak of coronavirus in Havana, the authorities of the Cuban capital decided to resume the disinfection of streets and other public spaces, which had already been carried out in previous moments of the pandemic.
The measure started being applied this Tuesday and includes the disinfection of streets, sidewalks, portals and perimeter fences “with the aim of minimizing the microbial load of these surfaces that today constitute a source of contagion of COVID-19,” says Tribuna de La Havana.
The action, coordinated by the Ministry of Public Health, the Armed Forces, the Police and the Community Services Enterprise, began in the municipality of La Lisa, one of the most affected currently in the city, and will extend to other areas with sources of transmission of the disease, in territories such as Habana del Este, Marianao, Playa and Plaza.
Rosandra Mul?, head of the Department of Environmental Hygiene of the Provincial Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology, explained that the product applied is a three percent chlorinated solution, “very effective in inactivating viruses on surfaces.”
