Pestilence: ‘Mystery virus’ ravages Cuba leaving hospitals on verge of COLLAPSE

‘Mystery virus’ ravages Cuba leaving hospitals on verge of COLLAPSE as death toll ‘covered up’ and medics silenced

Claudia Lee

CUBA has been overwhelmed by a disease known as “the virus” – leaving hospitals on the verge of collapse as the Communist regime faces accusations of a cover-up. 

High fevers, red spots, peeling skin, swollen joints, vomiting and diarrhoea are among symptoms crippling the island’s population – but Cubans have no idea what they are suffering from.

This week the Canadian government announced health screenings and quarantine of up to seven days for those coming back from the country.

And in December, Spain told its citizens to stay away from Cuba due to a “serious epidemic”. 

Known just as “the virus” to many, reports suggest one third of the Cuba’s population has been infected – and the British Medical Journal described the “surge” as the country’s most serious crisis in recent decades.

Cuba reported 52 deaths from the virus as of December 17, most of which were children, and officials recently reported more than 38,000 suspected cases of the diseases.

But many Cubans say the true numbers are far higher than the state will admit.

Manuel Cuesta Morúa, a prominent human rights activist in Havana, said the outbreak started in Matanzas about five months ago where sudden deaths began to occur.

But, he said, the government hid the figures by issuing death certificates that failed to mention the virus. 

He told The Sun: “These deaths were never officially recognised as resulting from the virus and were instead presented as ‘natural causes’.

“It was in the provincial hospital of Matanzas that a nurse, later expelled from her job and silenced, raised the alarm about the unusually high number of deaths being recorded.”

As the virus spread, the regime stayed silent. 

By late October, health officials said there had been 13,000 new fever cases across the country in a week. 

In areas like Camagüey and Holguín, cemeteries have reportedly been overwhelmed. 

Three months after the disease spread across the island, the Cuban government recognised the crisis as an epidemic.

But the regime still refused to declare a national health emergency. 

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