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FROM
CUBA
Cuban
health authorities try to contain conjunctivitis
outbreak
HAVANA, September 18 (www.cubanet.org) - Cuban
health authorities have taken several measures
in an attempt to contain an outbreak of conjunctivitis
throughout the island, including some cases of
the hemorrhagic variety.
Authorities have asked those suffering from the
disease to stay off the streets or be fined.
In Guantánamo province, the students and
teachers of the "José Maceo Grajales"
vocational school have been confined to the school
to stop the spread of the disease. The students'
parents are reportedly unhappy, saying there are
no resources in the school to treat the disease.
In the Havana municipality of El Cerro, about
50 of the total population of 250 children have
been isolated within the "La edad de oro"
home for disabled children.
Relatives of prisoners in the 1580 prison in
San Miguel del Padrón, just outside of
Havana, also expressed concern for the spread
of the disease among the approximately 1,400 inmates
at the facility, fearing the poor sanitary conditions
in the prison.
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