Twitter Users React As Three Italian Citizens Visiting Cuba Tests Positive For Coronavirus, The Island’s First Cases
Cuba has reported its first cases of the Coronavirus after three Italian citizens test positive to the pandemic disease.
Media outlets in Cuba reported on March 11 that three Italian tourists are the first confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Caribbean island.
According to a statement by the Ministry of Health, the tourists arrived in Cuba on March 9 and were staying at a hostel in Trinidad, a city east of Havana.
A fourth Italian traveler was tested, but the results were negative.
The Italians who arrived in the country through the Havana airport were all in isolation at the Pedro Kourí Tropical Medicine Institute in Havana, where the tests were carried out.
In Cuba, essential hygiene products like soap are scarce and washing hands regularly with soap might be impossible for residents and citizens.
State media have also acknowledged that there is a shortage of medications. However, the Ministry said the country was prepared to deal with the coronavirus threat with 3,000 hospital beds in hospitals and 100 beds in intensive care units.
Meanwhile, Twitter users have reacted to the news, expressing worry over the increased rate of Italians traveling to other non-coronavirus infected countries.
See reactions below:
We need to ban the Italians till we know exactly what the fuck is going on.
— Daddy D.O🇳🇬 (@DOlusegun) March 12, 2020
Italians really working for Corona Virus like they have a KPI to complete. https://t.co/kRuCUhZuS8
— Bundayy Olayinka (@BundayyO) March 12, 2020
Why are Italians allowed to travel?
— Thabang Buthelezi 💫 (@thabee_lynx) March 12, 2020
why is everyone still letting Italians into their country? https://t.co/nck06y9IBi
— Hisoka🃏 (@HarryKayNeezy) March 12, 2020
Can countries please stop Italians from coming into their countries.. Because they are being very irresponsible right now. Why do they keep travelling around? They are the ones spreading the #COVIDー19 everywhere. This is either just irresponsibility or wickedness.
— Chuky Unadulterated (@ChukyUnfazed) March 12, 2020
October 2019 start of flu season in Italy, by January 19 2020 over 2.4 million Italians got the flu, 240 people died
— TheElroy (@therealElroy) March 12, 2020
In 3 weeks more than 12,000 italians have tested positive to CV, 840 people died. Lot worse that the flu
Is something stopping these Italians from actually staying back in their country for now? https://t.co/qn8USoOjpx
— The Oluwafeyikemi™ (@MzFeyii) March 12, 2020
I think it’s time to #CancelEverything by different governments of different countries cause this Corona Virus is spreading like wild fire…
— I Z U (@heisizumichaels) March 12, 2020
Italians are now marketing and distributing what’s originally made in China …
And Italians are flocking into Africa #CoronavirusInSA https://t.co/3UZyd6ykiK
— Muntuyeza (@TheBlackspice) March 12, 2020
And Italians are flocking into Africa #CoronavirusInSA https://t.co/3UZyd6ykiK
— Muntuyeza (@TheBlackspice) March 12, 2020
Italians forced to stay home for the corona virus emergency pic.twitter.com/1bxucf3Gn6
— Daryl Dust (@DarylDust) March 12, 2020
Why can’t every other country ban Italians from visiting their countries? Most of the cases recorded in different countries apart from China were detected from Italians or from people who had recently travelled to or returned from the country. https://t.co/4fZbL15ETY
— Alfred A Kotey (@amon_alfred) March 12, 2020
Italians should be temporarily banned from every country. https://t.co/zWRsiS0kta
— Somtoo (@nzeora) March 12, 2020
All of a sudden, Italians want to travel the whole world so bad. Stay in your fucking country and eat some pasta. Dummies! https://t.co/avkKMv9mxw
— Okum (@Emeraghii) March 12, 2020
They should ban Italians from travelling https://t.co/XFOlWtM4Ff
— #FreeAgbaJalingo #FreeJosephOdok (@kingysly_01) March 12, 2020
