The first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, stressed today that in the face of the new strain of the coronavirus that causes the COVID-19, called "Omicron", the country is reinforcing its control of international travelers.

Cuba studied a total of 16,905 samples for detect COVID 19 during the day, with 130 positive. The country accumulates 11,083,208,208 samples taken and 962,350 positive.

Cuba studied a total of 21,583 samples to detect COVID 19, 186 of which were positive. The country accumulates 11,024,091 samples taken and 961,884 were positive.

Hospitals in the province of Holguin are readjusting their services to guarantee the provision of health care to the population, without neglecting COVID-19 case-finding and –tracking in several municipalities still affected by the disease.

The province of Artemisa is witnessing a sustained drop in the number of COVID-19 infections but an increase of dengue cases, which makes epidemiological control all the more complicated and demands a higher perception of risk among the population.

COVID-19 and dengue are two viral diseases that cause fever, general discomfort, anorexia, headache and, sometimes, vomiting and diarrhea.

About 80.9 % of the Cuban population completed the vaccination scheme against COVID-19, with the national drugs Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala.

Norwegian sailboat Statsraad Lehmkuhl is scheduled to dock at Havana’s Sierra Maestra Cruise ship terminal Wednesday as part of the One Ocean initiative, an around- the- world voyage aimed at developing knowledge, education and diplomacy.

Cuban PM Manuel Marrero praised today on Twitter the celebration in the country of the Day of the Pharmaceutical Worker and sent congratulations to the workers of that sector.

Cuba studied a total of 17,944 samples for surveillance during the day, with 240 positive results. The country accumulates 10, 947,424 samples taken and 961,042 positive.

Cuba studied a total of 19,424 samples to detect COVID 19, resulting in 316 positive. The country accumulates 10, 889,358 samples taken and 960,185 were positive.

The State of the World's Children 2021, presented every year by UNICEF, was presented on Thursday at the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) in Havana.

Cuba reported today 316 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths, and 387 medical discharges.

The province of Artemisa is tending to control COVID-19, but the arrival of tourists and the detection of dengue cases in the region demands observance of the health protocols to avoid a fresh outbreak of the virus and prevent the spread of the disease transmitted by the Aedes Agypti mosquito.