COVID pushes Cuba’s health system near collapse. US wants to send vaccines

Stories of patients dying of COVID-19, without access to oxygen, other life-saving treatments or even a bed in a hospital are now coming out of Cuba as the country has become a global pandemic hot spot with the fourth-highest rate of infections per person in the world. Despite a vaccination campaign with much-touted locally produced pharmaceuticals, cases continue to trend upwards, pushing the country’s impoverished health system to the brink of collapse. Almost 100,000 people are currently admitted into hospitals and other health facilities because they tested positive or doctors suspect they...