Mystery Illness Leads Canada to Pull Half of Cuba Embassy Staff
- New case brings total number of Canadians sickened to 14
- Foreign ministry says it will maintain full consular services
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Canada will remove up to half its diplomats from Havana after another employee showed signs of contracting a mysterious illness.
The new case of “unusual health symptoms” brings the total number of Canadian embassy staff members and their family affected to 14, the foreign ministry said in a statement Wednesday. U.S. diplomats in Cuba have also developed a similar illness and reduced their staff in the country.