That individual reported health concerns on Dec. 29 and was sent for immediate medical testing, which confirmed symptoms similar to those experienced by the others: dizziness, headaches, hearing and visual problems and fatigue.
A joint investigation by the RCMP and Cuban national police has yet to turn up a cause or potential culprit, prompting the department to reduce staff in the embassy as a precaution, a government official said Wednesday.
“A further reduction in the footprint is deemed to be the appropriate response given that these
“We have not been able to determine any cause … neither are we able to determine what the mechanism or agency was behind that cause. We have no evidence that would indicate that it is linked to any particular government or situation,” the official said.
It’s the latest development in an international mystery that has seen Canadian and U.S. diplomats in Havana hit with concussion-like symptoms, and which has left governments scrambling to find answers in what’s being called “unprecedented and very difficult incidents.”
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