MIAMI, United States. – Keyber Rodríguez Fernández, a Cuban resident in the city of Baracoa, in the north of the province of Guantánamo, is desperate due to the proliferation of rodents and mosquitoes, two pests that endanger his life and that of his family. the.
In interview with CubaNetRodríguez Fernández complained about the delay in garbage collection in Baracoa and the lack of means to combat two pests that transmit diseases such as dengue and leptospirosis.
“The rodents have made my house their home,” the interviewee complained. “My wife and I are sleeping and they pass us by above. I am afraid of catching one of those diseases, like leptospirosis.”
“I’m scared because I’ve had two strokes, I’m diabetic and I don’t see a way to resolve the situation. The State does nothing to resolve this. So, how are we, the Cubans who have no one to protect us? ”, He asked himself.
On the other hand, he lamented the state of construction of his home, whose restoration began 10 years ago and has not been completed due to the scarcity and high prices of the necessary materials.
Rodríguez Fernández assures that he has filed several complaints with the relevant institutions, but has always received the same response from the Epidemiology inspectors. They assure that the proliferation of rodents is a problem that they cannot solve due to lack of resources.
“I have denounced and I have also claimed the inspectors here and the only thing they have said is that there is no poison. And they have also told me that my concern is the concern of thousands of people in this municipality, ”he assured.
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