Five months after the first cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in the country, Cuba has a new Protocol of National Action for COVID-19, which is already in effect and will be issued this Thursday in honor of the birth of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz.

Cuban scientists are progressing in the search for a domestic vaccine against COVID-19, a goal that every day seems to be closer.
To achieve this goal, the Finlay Institute of Vaccines (IFV) has played an essential role in obtaining a candidate to prevent SARS-CoV-2 and provide the country with technological sovereignty in the production and availability of this possible immunogen.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has issued a warning against the oral use of chlorine products as a treatment for COVID-19, Infomed, Cuba's health network, published on Wednesday.

Mathematical models by Cuban experts, based on the increase in cases of COVID-19 in recent days, suggest that the disease scenario in the country will become more complex in August if protection measures are not taken quickly.

Dr. Francisco Duran, Cuba´s national director of Epidemiology, noted that a vaccine against Covid-19 would be ready in the first months of 2021.

More than 200 organizations from 26 countries are accompanying today a platform activated in France to request the delivery of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to Cuban medical brigades facing Covid-19 around the world.

Cuba is advancing in the objective of achieving a vaccine against COVID-19, assured directors of BioCubaFarma (Group of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries of Cuba) and the Finlay Institute in their official Twitter accounts.

Russia could coordinate the production in Cuba for next November of its vaccine to fight the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus, causing the Covid-19 pandemic, Kirill Dmitriev, Director General of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said today.

The Henry Reeves brigade, which worked in Kuwait in the confrontation with COVID-19, arrived this morning in Havana where it was welcomed online by Prime Minister Manuel Marrero.

Cuban PM Manuel Marrero Cruz highlighted the solidarity of 11 members of the Henry Reeve Brigade who arrived in Havana on Wednesday after supporting the Republic of Togo in the fight against the current health crisis caused by COVID-19.

Cuba studied 3,732 samples for COVID-19, resulting in 25 positive ones. The country accumulated 281,595 samples and 2,726 positives (0.97%).

Cuba continues working to find a specific vaccine against COVID-19, the Finlay Institute, whose workers have not rested since the beginning of the pandemic in the search for a definitive solution to the health crisis, has posted on social media.

The Cuban health ministry reported 31 new positive cases of SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus that causes COVID-19, for a total of 2,701 in the country.

Manuel Marrero, Prime Minister of Cuba, met with members of the Henry Reeve Brigade who for three months supported the fight against COVID-19 in Mexico.