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Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails

Health authorities warn of a rise in diarrheal illness and viral hepatitis as blackouts cripple electric pumps and leave nearly 3.5 million Cubans short of water.

Summary by WTVB
By Ayose Naranjo and Dave Sherwood HAVANA, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Cuban housewife Yuamilka Hechavarria was asleep last Tuesday when water rushed into the cistern of the crumbling tenement where she lives in old Havana. She jumped from bed, scrambling in ...

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WTVB broke the news on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
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