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Cuban Population on Dengue Fever Alert
October 10, 2019
By IPS-Cuba
HAVANA TIMES – While the Aedes aegypti proliferates because of rain, high temperatures and problems with urban sanitation, Cuba’s health authorities have tried to uphold actions to try and control the plague amidst economic restrictions, especially fuel shortages.
At least in the capital, people suspected of being infected with dengue fever have posted on social media that other halls have been set up at different hospitals, because their wards couldn’t deal with so many patients.
According to sources close to the health sector, many hospitals have created specific rooms for patients under observation. Some general hospitals have even prepared rooms for teenagers because pediatric institutions were overwhelmed.
Up until now, Cuban health authorities haven’t used the term “epidemic”, but they have announced high levels of mosquito infestation...
Cuban Population on Dengue Fever Alert
October 10, 2019
By IPS-Cuba
HAVANA TIMES – While the Aedes aegypti proliferates because of rain, high temperatures and problems with urban sanitation, Cuba’s health authorities have tried to uphold actions to try and control the plague amidst economic restrictions, especially fuel shortages.
At least in the capital, people suspected of being infected with dengue fever have posted on social media that other halls have been set up at different hospitals, because their wards couldn’t deal with so many patients.
According to sources close to the health sector, many hospitals have created specific rooms for patients under observation. Some general hospitals have even prepared rooms for teenagers because pediatric institutions were overwhelmed.
Up until now, Cuban health authorities haven’t used the term “epidemic”, but they have announced high levels of mosquito infestation...