HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 5 (ACN) At the end of April 3, a total of 26,319 patients were admitted, 3,885 were suspected, 17,628 were under surveillance and 4,806 were confirmed active in Cuban hospitals.

Some 40 thousand health workers in the eastern province of Granma are being administered the Cuban COVID-19 vaccine Abdala as part of an interventional study that started Thursday in the local healthcare center Bayamo Oeste.

Cuba studied 20,749 samples for COVID 19, resulting in 1,077 positive ones. The country accumulates 3,025,927 samples taken and 77,353 positive.

Next Monday begins the second dose for volunteers who received the Soberana 02 vaccine candidate on March 8, and successively the rest of the subjects will be immunized, while maintaining the intervention study in Havana with all the necessary rigor and approvals.

Over the past 15 years the number of people diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has grown significantly in Cuba, closing 2020 with 1,661 people; the country joins the celebration every April 2 to raise awareness among the population about this human condition, full of myths and stereotypes.

With the inoculation of CIGB-66, an anti-COVID-19 vaccine candidate by the name of Abdala, to primary and secondary line health workers, the intervention study in this at-risk population began on April 1st in the municipality of Santiago de Cuba in the province of the same name.

The first round of phase III trials with the Cuban COVID-19 candidate vaccine Soberana 02 concluded March 31 in Havana with very good prospects as to safety and the immune response.

Starting today, over 35,000 health professionals from this province will participate in the intervention trial of the Abdala vaccine against COVID-19.

With the development of four new models of pulmonary ventilators, Cuban science guarantees sufficient coverage in the field of ventilation, both for the care of COVID-19 patients, as well as in other medical fields.

Cuba and China are determined to expand bilateral cooperation relations particularly in Biotechnology, said Cuban ambassador to Beijing Carlos Pereira after a visit to the Chinese city of Changchun.

With an accumulated 24,673 positive cases to COVID-19, March is the highest figure for a month since the outbreak of the pandemic in Cuba a year ago and 100 deaths, said Dr. Francisco Duran, national director of epidemiology, today in Havana.

Cuba studied 20,412 samples for COVID 19, resulting in 1,051 positive ones. The country accumulates 2, 984,264 samples taken and 75,263 positive.

A new meeting between the Cuban president and the PM with experts and scientists who have participated in the fight against the epidemic for more than a year was held on Tuesday to learn about the comprehensive care that has been offered in the country to children, adolescents and young people in response to the COVID-19.

The Young Nuclear Network of Cuba (JovNuC) is focusing its efforts this year on the creation of a multimedia on the applications of this branch in the country, to cover its evolution in the last four decades.