The days ahead do not seem favorable for the prevention and control of COVID-19. At least that is what short-term forecasts predict. Confirmed cases will increase; recovered patients will also increase, but on a smaller scale than the number of new patients.

Cuba will soon have a laboratory specialized in transgenic foods at the National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology (INHEM), in the capital, informed PhD José Antonio Carrera, head of its Laboratories Department.

 Since its inauguration last January 30, the molecular biology laboratory of Pinar del Rio has processed 6,952 real-time PCR diagnostic tests for the detection of the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

Cuba studied 16,274 samples for COVID-19, resulting in 937 positive ones. The country accumulates 2,177,217 samples taken and 39,941 positive.

By the end of this year, experts expect that a Cuban vaccine against rabbit hemorrhagic disease, the main threat to the health of these animals, could be submitted for registration.

A multidisciplinary consultation to identify possible sequelae of COVID-19 in children who suffered from the disease, caused by the SARS CoV-2 coronavirus, will open in the Cuban province of Matanzas next February 22.

Cuba reported today 715 new positive cases of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which the National Director of Epidemiology, Dr. Francisco Duran Garcia, said that with this figure, this month will necessarily exceed the number of diagnosed cases in January (15,536).

Cuba studied 17,807 samples for COVID 19, resulting in 715 positive ones. The country accumulates 2,160,943 samples taken and 39,004 positive.

Much has been said about the need to maintain healthy eating habits, due to the multiple health conditions derived from obesity: high blood pressure, diabetes and circulatory or orthopedic problems, among others.

In Cuba, prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease detection is over 85 percent, a figure higher than in other countries in the world, according to national experts.

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Cuba and in the region of the Americas, and its diagnosis changes the lives of those who suffer from it, especially at an early age. Therefore, to raise awareness about the challenges faced by these children and adolescents and their families, every February 15 is commemorated as International Children's Cancer Day.

Cuba studied 18,561 samples for COVID-19, resulting in 823 positive ones. The country accumulates 2,106,593 samples taken and 36,595 positive.

The workers of the Provincial Laboratory of Technical Orthopedics of Camaguey (eastern region) reverse with their daily actions the limitations of the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba, with the aim of offering a better quality of life to the patients.

Although the factors leading COVID-19 patients to a severe stage are still uncertain, hospitals have observed that age is a predisposing factor in adults over 65 years old and found that their level of mobility and comorbidities also have an impact.