MIAMI, United States.- A Cuban girl residing in the municipality of Contramaestre, Santiago de Cuba, died a victim of hemorrhagic dengue, according to the educational center where she studied, the José de la Luz y Caballero elementary school, reported this Monday on Facebook.
Arlín Sailet Acuña Espinosa was a second grade student, according to the Facebook post, which was deleted minutes after breaking the news.
“A piece of news that we would never have wanted to give. Today we woke up to the sad news of the death of one of our second grade students, Arlín Sailet Acuña Espinosa, a victim of dengue. Extend our deepest condolences to all her family and friends, ”the post read.
The news was confirmed by Yanitza Infante, cousin of the deceased: “Condolences to my family… I woke up with the sad news of the death of my little cousin Arlín Sailet Acuña Espinosa from hemorrhagic dengue. It is very sad and hard to see how a loved one of yours dies and even more so being so small. May your soul be in a beautiful place surrounded by Angels! ”, She wrote on the same social network-
Although the regime’s health authorities hide the real numbers of infections and patients, the country is going through one of the worst dengue health crises in recent years this year.
At the beginning of July, the Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported that the island was on alert by dengue, and that in 2022 the highest number of outbreaks in the last 15 years had been registered.
According to a note from the state Cuban News Agency (ACN), the alert was issued especially in the provinces of Havana, Camagüey, Las Tunas and Holguín.
As explained by Dr. Madelaine Rivera Sánchez, national director of Surveillance and Anti-Vector Control, the foci of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito are located as follows: Havana (16.5%), Holguín (13.5%), Santiago de Cuba (13%) and Camagüey (11.8%), and 17 municipalities contribute 60.8% of the country’s focus.
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