The number of COVID-19 cases in Cuba keeps steadily dropping, a fact revealing of the measures that we have implemented, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel stressed today on Twitter.

The Clinical Study Esperanza (Hope) found that Herberferon, developed by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), induces negativization of SARS-CoV-2 within four days of treatment in more than 70% of the patients.

The Cuban ministry of public health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported today that 25, 357,844 doses of the national vaccines against COVID-19 (Abdala, Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus) have already been administered in the country.

Vaccination against seasonal influenza begins next Monday, for adults in Cuba, informed the national head of vaccination, Dr. Lena Lopez Ambron.

Cuba studied a total of 19,548 samples to detect COVID 19, resulting in 975 positive tests. The country accumulates 10, 404,761 samples taken and 947,935 positive.

The Italy-Cuba Friendship Association coordinated a new medical donation to Cuba, which departed Milan city on Monday onboard a flight of the Neos airline company.

Some 158 young people who completed their studies at the Jose Assef Yara Faculty of Medical Sciences in Ciego de Avila received their graduation degrees today, although since July most of them have been supporting the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, many of them even in the red zone.

 The 62.7 % of the Cuban population has already completed the anti-COVID-19 vaccination scheme with the immunogens developed in the country Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala.

Nicaragua begins today the anti-COVID-19 vaccination of its pediatric population, with the Cuban vaccines Abdala and Soberana 02.

 Cuba studied a total of 24,780 samples for surveillance during the day, resulting in 1,210 positive. The country accumulates 10, 385,213 samples taken and 946,960 positive.

 Cuba studied a total of 28,883 samples for surveillance during the day, resulting in 1,476 positive. The country accumulates 10, 303,786 samples taken and 943,388 positive.

A medical donation by the Canary-Cuba Solidarity Network will help fight COVID-19 at the Vladimir Ilich Lenin University Hospital in this eastern Cuban city.

The number of COVID-19 cases in the province of Artemisa dropped in the first half of October, compared to the previous month, a fact revealing of the importance of compliance with the health protocols to avoid the resurgence of the disease.

In Cuba, 98.3 % of the patients positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, have completely recovered, according to a press conference held today by the ministry of public health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym).