Cuban Woman Shows Mosquito-Infested Home in Havana: "It's Inhumane"

A Cuban woman has revealed that her home in Havana is overrun by mosquitoes, while several diseases caused by these insects circulate in the country. "It's inhumane," said Facebook user Irina Diéguez Toledo after what she described as a "hunt" on the "walls of the living room and kitchen." The images show dozens of dead mosquitoes and others clinging to the windows.

The power outages and lack of insecticides and fumigation campaigns contribute to the presence of these flying insects. Recently, the Cuban regime acknowledged that despite the rising incidence of dengue and Oropouche fever, both caused by mosquito bites, it lacked the resources to carry out fumigation campaigns. Francisco Durán, the National Director of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), said last July that the country does not have the fuel to fumigate and that the Oropouche virus is already present in all Cuban provinces.

The Oropouche virus is transmitted by a mosquito from the Culex genus, which is found throughout the country and breeds in any water body, making it difficult to control. Symptoms of the disease include high fever, headaches, joint pain, general discomfort, vomiting, and diarrhea, differing from dengue in the duration of the symptoms.

However, Durán stated that there are current limitations regarding fuel and insecticides, affecting efforts to combat mosquitoes. Anti-vector measures and focus controls are being prioritized in areas where positive cases of Oropouche or dengue have been detected, but there is no fuel for fumigation, he emphasized.