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- 25 days of blockade equals the financing required to cover the needs of the country's Basic Drug List for one year (approximately 339 million dollars).- 9 days equals the amount required to import medical consumables (cotton, gauze, syringes, needles, sutures, catheters, equipment for serum, among other supplies) and reagents necessary for the national health system for one year (129 million dollars).- 21 hours of embargo is equal to the cost of acquiring the insulin needed to cover the country's demand for one year (US$12 million).- 18 days is equal to the annual cost of maintenance (excluding fuel and investments) of the National Electric Power System (US$250 million).- 4 months correspond to the amount to guarantee, for one year, the delivery of the standardized family basket of products to the population (1.6 billion dollars).- 38 hours reach the same level as the price of production/acquisition of the material basis of study required by the country to cover the needs of the educational system for one year (21 million 789 000 dollars).- If the blockade were to cease for eight hours, Cuba would be able to acquire the toys and teaching aids for all the kindergarten in the country (4,500,000 dollars).- Half an hour is equivalent to the cost of the electric and conventional wheelchairs required to meet the needs of the country's special education system (US$ 256,363).- 44 hours are equivalent to the funding needed to guarantee computers in the country's educational centers (US$25,200,000).- 15 minutes corresponds to the funding needed to cover the demand for hearing aids for children and adolescents with disabilities in special education in the country (US$144,000).- Three days are synonymous with the cost of annual maintenance of public transportation in the country (US$40 million).- Nine months is equivalent to the estimated financing needed to cover the country's new housing construction needs (US$ 3,893 million).
