Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the central committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Republic, reported on Monday on Twitter about a large-scale forest fire in the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, located in Holguin and Guantanamo provinces.

For the first time, molecular biology laboratories in Cuba processed 24,019 PCR samples on Sunday, of which almost 1,000 were positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

The 10th International Scientific Conference, organized every two years by the University of Holguin, starts online today with an estimate of more than 1,200 national and foreign participants.

Cuba studied 24,019 samples for COVID 19, resulting in 938 positive ones. The country accumulates 3, 541,978 samples taken and 102,441 positive.

The Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of Cuba (CITMA by its Spanish acronym) recognized today the work of the Office of Industrial Property of the country (OCPI), on the occasion of the celebration of the World Intellectual Property Day this April 26.

Cuba’s Health Ministry announced that the first stage of the massive vaccination against COVID 19 will kick off in Havana next month with the home ground vaccines Soberana 02 and Abdala.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez wrote today on Twitter that the health workers and diplomats from the Island currently based in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are proving their altruism, dedication and boundless commitment.

The worsening COVID-19 scenario in the capital Havana due to several SARS-Cov-2 variants, particularly the South African one, has led to deeper analysis of the current situation to adjust decisions aimed at fighting the spread.

“Many people don’t take the pandemic serious till they get infected or when their relatives get sick,” said young mother Thalya Perdomo whose one-year daughter got the SARS-CoV-2 virus last December.

Nearly a few days short of the completion of the third and final phase of the Abdala vaccine candidate trials in the city of Guantánamo, the clinical exercise continues without a hitch. Its success will lay the foundation of the large-scale administration of a vaccine to the Cuban population.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez warned today on Twitter that Cuban scientists have established a growing presence in the country of the COVID-19 variant discovered in South Africa.

More clinical-epidemiological measures to contain COVID-19 mortality in Cuba were presented during the weekly meeting of the country's leadership with experts and scientists involved in scientific and technological innovation activities to fight the pandemic.

Cuban Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA) Elba Rosa Pérez congratulated CITMA workers, founders, scientists and directors on the 27th anniversary of its creation.

The Animal Welfare Decree-Law approved in Cuba seeks to guarantee favorable living conditions for these species, which is why the Labiofam Business Group is working to ensure resources for the production of medicines for veterinary use.