Via Spain's El Pais
Finally, the Cuban government has been left with no choice but to recognize the “national epidemiological situation” that has Cubans in a state of panic. The outlook is so critical that some have appealed to the international community not to let their so-called diseased ship sink with its millions of people on board. While state officials downplay the matter, insisting that it is not an outbreak exclusive to Cuba, and that cases are being reported in Brazil and Colombia, the truth is that the general shortages and state of collapse in Cuba have severely undermined the authorities’ ability to control the disease.
