New measures for international sanitary control against the spread of COVID-19 become effective today in Cuba, in view of the rise in the number of cases and the high transmissibility of the Omicron strain, already detected in the country.

Cuba reported today 967 new COVID-19 cases, 537 hospital discharges and no fatalities.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel praised today on Twitter the progress of the COVID-19 booster vaccine, already administered to more than two million Cubans.

Government and health authorities in the province of Santiago de Cuba launched on Tuesday new restrictive measures in response to the spread of the Omicron strain of the SARS-Cov-2 virus, which has been detected in 12 Cuban provinces.

On the occasion of the celebration today of the Day of the Hygienist and Epidemiologist in Cuba, the health minister, José Angel Portal Miranda, acknowledged the commitment of these professionals to public health in the country.

A total of 2,190,530 people have received anti-COVID-19 booster doses, as part of Cuba's strategy to guarantee the population the highest levels of protection against the disease.

Cuba studied a total of 18,310 samples for surveillance during the day, resulting positive 673. The country accumulates 11, 749,504 samples taken and 968,171 were positive.

Cuban Health minister Jose Angel Portal assessed the COVID-19 impact on his sector during the year 2021 and said the epidemiological situation caused unimaginable high tension on health services.

Cuba reported today 328 new COVID-19 cases and one death.

Just a few days before the 63rd anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez visited several scientific institutions that during this difficult year 2021 made significant contributions to the national health system and the fight against COVID-19.

Colombia’s Health Ministry authorized the use of the Cuban Cancer pharmaceutical CIMAher in the country’s health program, according to BioCubaFarma Biotech Conglomerate.

Mexico authorized the emergency use of the Cuban COVID-19 vaccine Abdala, according to the BioCubaFarma Biotechnical and Pharmaceutical Conglomerate.

As of December 26, around 9,626,071 Cubans have completed their anti-COVID-19 vaccination scheme, which represents 86.1 % of the national population.

 The Isle of Youth Municipality, south of western Cuba, could reach its worst COVID-19 peak this week ever which can result in a highly tense epidemiological scenario in the territory, according to the temporary working team against the pandemic.