In the last 15 days, 2,688 pediatric patients have been diagnosed in Cuba with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, with a 179 daily average report.
More Havana municipalities get ready for mass vaccination
The Havana municipalities of Boyeros, Arroyo Naranjo and Cotorro, which are about to begin the second stage of the health intervention with the anti-COVID-19 Abdala vaccine candidate, have been certified by the Public Health authorities, according to a meeting of the Provincial Defense Council (CDP).
COVID-19 Claims 258 Cuba Lives only in May
Cuba reported over 29 thousand new COVID-19 cases and 258 deaths up to May 25th over a daily infection average of more than 1 thousand and 10 deaths, which are the highest figures since the pandemic’s onset here in March 2020.
Cuban health workers in Kuwait ennoble the island’s contribution to the fight against COVID-19
Being in the red zone every day, coping with a disease like COVID-19 which spares no race or gender, is a challenge and a profound commitment for health workers wherever they are, but it is a great honor and a responsibility as Cuba offers solidarity anywhere in the world.
Cuba exceeds 900 deaths due to COVID-19
With the 11 deaths at the close of this Monday, Cuba accumulates 901 deaths caused by complications of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, since its outbreak in the country on March 11, 2020, the Ministry of Public Health ( MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported today in Havana.
International body recognizes Cuban efforts to foster nuclear science and technologies
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recognized Cuba's results at the head of the Technical Coordination Body (OCTA by its Spanish acronym), of the Regional Cooperation Agreement for the Promotion of Nuclear Science and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean (ARCAL by its Spanish acronym).
Cuba reported 1,291 new cases of COVID 19, 1,155 discharges and 11 deaths
Cuba studied 22,372 samples, resulting in 1,291 positive ones. The country accumulates 4, 193,872 samples taken and 135,499 positive.
Cuba to end May with record number of COVID-19 deaths
Francisco Duran Garcia, national director of epidemiology, warned today that in the first 23 days of May there are 236 deaths due to COVID-19, a figure higher than the 229 reported in April, the month that so far had had the highest numbers in this indicator.
Cuba advances in vaccination amidst spike in COVID cases
This Monday, the Government Working Group for the control of the COVID-19 epidemic analyzed the situation of ten provinces that are unable to control the disease. They also reported on the Sanitary Intervention with Cuban vaccine candidates, which is going well, according to what was designed.
Private drivers to support health intervention in western Cuban province
As part of the actions carried out by the province of Matanzas in order to create all the necessary conditions for the beginning of the sanitary intervention to the population, private drivers from all over the territory are ready to guarantee the success of the process.
Cuban health minister to address World Health Assembly
Dr. Jose Angel Portal Miranda, Cuban minister of public health, will speak Tuesday at the 74th World Health Assembly (WHA), to be held from today until June 1.
Cuba reported 1,155 new cases of COVID 19 and thirteen deaths
Cuba studied 21,259 samples for COVID 19, resulting in 1,155 positive ones. The country accumulates 4, 171,500 samples taken and 134,208 positive.
Cuban medical collaboration celebrates 58 years of humanism and solidarity
More than eight million lives have been saved and some 2.46 billion people have received the services of Cuban medical collaboration since May 23, 1963, when Cuba sent the first health brigade to the Republic of Algeria.
Díaz-Canel reaffirms commitment to safeguard Cuba's natural heritage
Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed the commitment of the island to the protection and conservation of the nation's natural heritage, as World Biodiversity Day is celebrated this May 22.
HAVANA, Cuba, May 22 (ACN) Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed the commitment of the island to the protection and conservation of the nation's natural heritage, as World Biodiversity Day is celebrated this May 22.
"We salute World #Biodiversity Day, with the commitment to work to safeguard the natural heritage of our country. #WeAreCuba #WeAreContinuity," the Cuban leader wrote on his official Twitter profile.
Díaz-Canel also praised Cuba's flora and fauna, which he described as "jewels of our Biological Diversity" due to their exclusivity and uniqueness.
"Richness, exclusivity and uniqueness, fragility and at the same time resilience, characterize the #flora and #fauna of #Cuba. the jewels of our Biological Diversity!" tweeted the Cuban President.
On the occasion of this celebration, he recalled the words of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro, when he warned at the Earth Summit held in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro in 1992, that the stability of the planet depended on healthy ecosystems.
"As warned in 1992 #Fidel, scientists assure today that the stability of the planet depends on healthy and species-rich ecosystems. #PorLaNaturaleza," Díaz-Canel posted.
To protect the country's biodiversity and natural resources, the Cuban government promotes the Tarea Vida (Life Task), which constitutes the State Plan to confront climate change, based on strategies aimed at counteracting the adverse effects of climatological phenomena in vulnerable areas and protected ecosystems.
In his official message on this date, Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), called for the protection of biodiversity, which "is decreasing at an alarming and unprecedented rate, and is subject to increasingly intense pressures", according to the official website of the international organization.
Under the slogan "I am part of the solution", this year the UN calls on the international community to work to live in a much more sustainable world, with greater justice and equity, where the distribution of natural resources can reach a greater number of people.
Over 1.1 million Cubans have received at least one dose of vaccine candidates
Over 1.1 million doses of the vaccine candidates Soberana 02 and CIGB-66 (Abdala) were applied in Cuba, to date, as part of clinical trials, intervention study and health intervention in at-risk groups and territories.