Cuba Places Tighter Controls on Social Media Sites - The St Kitts Nevis Observer thestkittsnevisobserver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thestkittsnevisobserver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Cuba introduced tighter controls on the use of social media this week, including a ban on publications that might damage "the country's prestige," angering many citizens and international rights activists.
By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - Several doctors in Cuba have taken to social media to decry shortages of medicine, oxygen and other materials needed to battle a dire COVID-19 outbreak, in a rare public denunciation of conditions in the island s hallowed healthcare system. The outcry comes in reaction to comments by government officials that the doctors say scapegoat medics for the country s worsening plight while downplaying precarious conditions pre-dating https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cubans-turn-herbal-remedies-barter-amid-medicine-scarcity-2021-04-20 the current crisis. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/coronavirus-surge-pushes-cubas-healthcare-system-brink-2021-08-11 I want to denounce the collapse of our health system in our hospital as well as in the rest of the country, due to a lack of resources and protective gear, said Dr. Francisco Pavon in a video shared on social media, featuring more than 20 doctors and medical students in the eastern province of Holguin.
Several doctors in Cuba have taken to social media to decry shortages of medicine, oxygen and other materials needed to battle a dire COVID-19 outbreak, in a rare public denunciation of conditions in the island s hallowed healthcare system.
Rare doctors outcry highlights Cuba s COVID crisis, growing dissent reuters.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reuters.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.