Cuba studied 24,399 samples for COVID 19, resulting in 1,129 positive ones. The country accumulates 4, 417,769 samples taken and 146,696 positive.

In view of the complex epidemiological situation in Havana, it was decided to extend to all its municipalities, starting in the second half of June, the health intervention with the three doses of the Abdala vaccine candidate, which is currently applied in groups and territories at risk in the capital.

The Cuban Ministry of Public Health reported that by the end of May 31, two million 037,745 doses of Cuban vaccine candidates had been applied in the country.

Cuban youths in western Matanzas province will mark World Environment Day next June 5 with local green and cleaning actions.

The Finlay Vaccines Institute announced the upcoming phases I and II Clinical Trials of local COVID-19 vaccines on children once they get the authorization by the Center for State Control of Drugs and Medical Equipment—CECMED.

Cuba has not yet controlled the high COVID-19 transmission despite the measures adopted which are not always appropriately met by the people, said health authorities.

Tourism workers in the province of Holguín will receive the vaccine candidate Abdala as part of the effort to protect vulnerable groups from COVID-19 infection.

Dr. Letys González, coordinator of the cancer control program in the province of Santiago de Cuba, stressed the importance of early diagnosis of malignant colon tumors to help reduce the premature mortality rate linked to this disease.
In statements to ACN, the specialist emphasized the need for timely medical assistance at the level of primary health care (PHC) through family doctors qualified to evaluate and refer cases to oncologists, whereas secondary care in our hospitals is based on multidisciplinary consultations, conclusive analyses and decisions regarding therapeutic alternatives and case monitoring.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla highlighted today on Twitter the progress of the anti-COVID-19 vaccination process through which 1,071,041 Cubans have already received at least one dose of one of the most advanced vaccine candidates developed in the country.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, Cuban president, said today on Twitter that vaccination against COVID-19 in the country is unstoppable, as there are already 1,070,165 people who have received at least one dose of Soberana 02 or Abdala.

May closed with 35,701 new cases of COVID-19 and 311 deaths from the disease, figures higher than those registered in April and the highest in the whole pandemic in Cuba, the Ministry of Public Health ( MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported today in Havana.

A study carried out in patients with esophageal cancer, treated with the monoclonal antibody nimotuzumab (CIMAher), together with chemoradiotherapy, confirmed that this combination produces good results in terms of objective response and survival.

Protecting children and adolescents has been a call reiterated by Cuban health authorities since the COVID-19 pandemic outbroke into the country in March 2020, however, on this International Children's Day the claim acquires greater relevance in view of the increase of cases in pediatric ages.

Cuba studied 20,474 samples of COVID 19, resulting in 1057 positive ones. The country accumulates 4, 349,338 samples taken and 143,323 positive.