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 Cuban Minister of Public Health José Ángel Portal Miranda met with the Mexican health professionals who helped in the care of those injured by the fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base and thanked them for their work together with Cuban doctors.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) donated 1,000 masks, 100 thermometers and 100 pulse oximeters to the Faustino Pérez Hernández Surgical Clinical Hospital in the province of Matanzas to contribute to the care of those who were injured or could be exposed to toxic fumes as a result of the fire that broke out in the local oil farm.

A total of 125 people have been treated in health institutions as a result of the accident at the Matanzas supertanker base, and 19 of them remain hospitalized, the Ministry of Public Health ( MINSAP y its Spanish acronym) reported today.

So far no increase in respiratory diseases has been reported in the western provinces due to emissions of polluting gases from the fire in Matanzas, said Susana Suarez Tamayo, national director of environmental health of the Cuban ministry of public health ( MINSAP by its Spanish acronym).

As of 10:00 a.m. today, 125 people injured as a result of the fire at the Matanzas supertanker base have been treated, of whom 24 remain hospitalized in six institutions in the country, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported on its web page.

Local authorities in this eastern Cuban province called on the people to fight the Dengue Fever-carrier mosquito in homes and neighborhoods to lower the number of people suffering from the disease.

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