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FFor Anna, Cuba has been a nightmare on earth for some time. The single woman only leaves her apartment in Old Havana for the minimum of errands. From his balcony he has been watching long lines of people in the mornings waiting in front of the stores to buy food and soap. Anna, whose real name is different, is close to fifty and belongs to the risk group for high blood pressure and diabetes. A few years ago, doctors removed a brain tumor. Since then, the Cuban has not only lost her sight, but has also resigned her job in the Cuban state. Can no longer work. Nor does he expect support from the government. His pension application will not be processed, he says. When Havana relaxed the rules for small business owners four years ago, it began renting part of its apartment to tourists. “A friend told me that people who rent their apartments to tourists do not receive any help from the state.” It has not received foreign visitors since March. Now your savings are exhausted.
Many Cubans feel the same. The crisis of the crown has completely seized socialist Cuba. The Caribbean island has performed well so far against the pandemic. As in China, it is also easy for the authoritarian government in Havana to enforce closures and measures such as forced admissions to crown isolation centers. Neither the press nor the population dare to oppose it. Added to this is a health system that was one of the best in Latin America even before the 1959 revolution and is far superior to most other countries in the region to this day.
Although not everyone receives the same medical care in Cuba, some of the strengths of the health system come into play during the pandemic: continuous monitoring, the high trust of the population in state hospitals and a density of doctors so high that the The country even has doctors around the world. Rent “can offer. This has helped Cuba keep the number of infections low. So far, fewer than 7,000 cases have been officially registered among the approximately 11 million Cubans, 128 resulting in death. And Cuban investigators are even working on their own vaccine. Clinical trials with the “Sovereign 01” vaccine began in August. In the first tests, the subjects should not have shown any side effects. According to reports, the Russian vaccine “Sputnik V” could also be produced in the island.
