In Cuba, most of the isolated tourists from Russia were released

Most of the Russian tourists who were placed in isolation in Cuban hotels due to suspected coronavirus were released after receiving negative results from a new rapid test. This was reported to TASS by the Consul General of RUSSIA in Havana Nana Mgeladze.

“Yesterday, 230 express tests were made for all tourists who arrived from June 30 to July 4 and whose first test results were positive upon arrival. All but two tourists tested negative,” Mgeladze said.

According to her, information about another 16 Russians who arrived earlier and stayed at the observatory hotel is now being specified. Tourists released from isolation still remain in their hotels due to a tropical storm.

On July 5, the consul reported that more than 150 Russians who flew to rest in Cuba from June 30 to July 2 tested positive for coronavirus. They were placed in isolation in their hotels. The tourists themselves stated that everyone was tested before leaving Russia, everyone had a negative result, many of them were vaccinated against COVID-19.

In particular, the first rapid test showed the presence of coronavirus in 133 Russians, including members of the aircraft crew. Reanalysis confirmed COVID-19 in 33 of them. About 130 more people were isolated later.

The situation was taken under control by Rospotrebnadzor. Later on Monday it became known that more than 100 people were released from isolation. The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Cuban ambassador and had a conversation with him because of the tourists stuck in hotels.

The authorities of the island decided to make new express tests for the Russians who remained in isolation. At the same time, the Association of Tour Operators noted that tourists cannot count on compensation in this situation.

The tourists stuck in the hotel themselves recommended that the Russians not go to Cuba, noting that tour operators ignore them, and there was no support from the consulate.