HOLGUIN, August 24 (Juan Carlos Garcell, APLO) More than 70 residents of
Holguín province have died in the last four months of a disease local
doctors have called influenza, while the local government press has made no
mention of the outbreak.
Older residents are the most severely affected by the disease. In a
pensioners' home in the city of Holguín, 21 have died.
The symptoms of the infection include high fevers, head and joint aches,
diarrhea, dizziness and weakness. The most common complications among the
elderly are dehidration, heart attacks and strokes.
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