# Viruses spread across Havana as water and power fail

https://mins.news/en/item/80146

- Reuters, 2026-09-30 11:10 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/viruses-run-rampant-across-havana-water-power-fails-2026-09-30/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6abcee0d275db5000164ae07

> Viruses are spreading widely across Havana amid failures in water and electricity services. Last Tuesday, Cuban housewife Yuamilka Hechavarria was asleep when water rushed into the cistern of the crumbling tenement where she lives in Old Havana.

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