The prevalence of high-level Cuban women professionals is so evident that in less than a month a group of them received international and national awards for the results of their scientific research.

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean—ECLAC—and the Pan-American Health Organization—PAHO—called on Latin American and Caribbean governments to step up COVID-19 vaccination, transform health systems, increase public investment and consolidate the well-being of the people, among other measures to control the sanitary crisis in the short term.

a total of 58.1 percent of the Cuban population has already been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with the locally developed vaccines.

National Director of Epidemiology Dr. Francisco Durán, García said today that a sudden drop of COVID-19 transmission levels should not be expected despite the progress in its control.

The local authorities of the province of Matanzas called to work more in areas of greater epidemiological complexity and strengthen controls over clusters of cases.

Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth) stands out in Cuba for its low COVID-19 prevalence, thanks to the effectiveness of containment measures and a tight border surveillance.

The charts depicting forecast models of the behavior of the COVID-19 epidemic in Cuba between March 2020 and March 2022 shows that we are already going downhill and overcoming the explosion of confirmed cases, and that the figures will continue to show a downward trend.

Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, today awarded the honorary title of "Hero of Labor of the Republic of Cuba" to 10 eminent Cuban scientists.

Cuba is witnessing a fall in the rate of COVID-19 cases with the best results in the territories where the current vaccination program first kicked off, said Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal.

The local production of COVID-19 vaccines allowed the country to count on all necessary doses by September to immunize all the people in 2021.

Cuba studied a total of 27,134 samples for surveillance during the day, resulting in 2,638 positive results. The country accumulates 10, 021,878 samples taken and 923,966 positive.

Cuba studied a total of 40,431 samples for detecting COVID 19, resulting in 3,396 positive results. The country accumulates 9, 886,114 samples taken and 911,337 positive.

Cuba reported today 3,833 new COVID-19 cases, 39 deaths, and 4,530 medical discharges.

Cuba reported today 3,596 new COVID-19 cases, 40 deaths, and 4,965 medical discharges.