Cuba on Monday issued its most detailed report to date from prominent local scientists criticising allegations that US and Canadian diplomats were subject to mysterious attacks while posted on the island and developed health issues.
The report by the 20-member panel from Cuba's Academy of Sciences questioned whether the variety of reported symptoms could even be referred to as a single syndrome and said that some of the proposed explanations violated basic laws of physics.
But they acknowledged — and expressed frustration — that they have not been able to examine much of the evidence cited by US researchers.
More than two dozen US and a dozen Canadian embassy workers in Havana reported falling ill in 2016 and 2017, leading US officials at one point to assert they had been victims of "sonic attacks" and prompting a shutdown of most US Embassy operations, which continue to this day.
Canada too sharply reduced its diplomatic personnel in Havana in 2017.
But researchers in both countries have been unable to agree on what might have caused the illnesses, even as similar cases have since been reported in Germany, Austria, Russia and China — and recently even in Washington.
US Vice President Kamala Harris last month briefly delayed a trip to Vietnam after at least two cases were reported there.
Some — but not all — of those affected report hearing a loud piercing sound and feeling intense pressure in the face. Pain, nausea, and dizziness sometimes follow.
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