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FROM
CUBA
Conjunctivitis
extends to central provinces in Cuba
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, October 7 (www.cubanet.org)
- The outbreak of conjunctivitis reported out
of Havana in the last few weeks not seems to be
spreading to the central Cuban provinces.
Health authorities in Santa Clara confirmed last
week 46 cases in the town of Camajuaní,
mostly among school-age children, but doctors
in the city of Santa Clara proper said the outbreak
is present throughout the province.
Schools in Manicaragua municipality had to be
closed in September to forestall the spread of
the disease.
Part of the problem is that a local drug that
could be effective against the disease is in scarce
supply, reducing doctors to recommending patients
wash their eyes with boiled water and launder
their towels often.
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