Cuba’s health system buckles under strain of overwhelming Covid surge

A lack of medical supplies is crippling the Covid response, amid an economic crisis sparked by the pandemic and US sanctions

Julia, a community doctor in Havana, was drafted to the intensive care unit soon after Covid-19 first reached Cuba.

Last week, her cousin died from the virus. This week, she also tested positive amid a surge in cases which has pushed the island's vaunted health service to its limits and prompted rare public criticism from Cuban doctors.