Cuba struggles to get oxygen to the sick, vaccines to the healthy

FILE PHOTO: People walk in downtown amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Havana, Cuba, August 3, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba has turned to the military to provide oxygen amid a surge of the coronavirus https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/cuba-gripped-by-unrest-battles-highest-covid-caseload-americas-2021-07-19 even as doctors rush to administer locally developed vaccines to the population.

The government announced on Sunday that the Caribbean island’s main oxygen plant had broken down in the midst of a Delta variant-driven coronavirus surge that has resulted in record numbers of cases and deaths, swamping some provincial health systems.