Cuba studied 2,582 samples for COVID-19, resulting in 11 positive ones. The country has accumulated 138,831 completed samples and 2,273 positive ones (1.6%), with 88% of them being recovered.
Cuba reports 11 new cases for COVID-19 and no deaths
Minister of Public Health will update WHO on COVID-19 in Cuba
José Angel Portal, Cuban Minister of Public Health, will carry out an update on COVID-19 on the Caribbean island to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Meningococcal vaccine, another treatment in the fight against COVID-19 in Cuba
The application of one dose of meningococcal vaccine to at-risk populations will make it possible to assess its impact on the health of asymptomatic, symptomatic and serious patients suffering from COVID-19, and to modify the clinical course of the disease, Juventud Rebelde newspaper reported on Sunday.
Cuba reports 9 new cases for COVID -19 and the ninth consecutive day with no deaths
Cuba studied 2,048 samples for COVID-19, resulting in nine positive ones, totalling 2,200, of which 85 percent are recovered, Dr. Francisco Duran Garcia, National Director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported in his daily report.
Over one million people in Cuba use 4G
More than 3.7 million mobile Internet services have been provided in Cuba, of which more than one million are on the 4G network, Hilda Arias Perez, commercial vice-president of the Cuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA by its Spanish acronym) announced.
Cuba to attend today virtual parliamentary meeting to face COVID-19
Cuba will attend today the Virtual Working Meeting between Latin American and Caribbean Parliaments organized by the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico and Argentina with the aim of promoting inter-parliamentary cooperation in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cuba issues 1st Tropical Cyclone Warning of the year
The Cuba Meteorology Institute Forecast Center issued at 8:30 am today the tropical cyclone warning number one corresponding to tropical storm Bertha.
Cuba applies very efficient national drugs to save critical and severe COVID-19 patients
The CIGB-258, a peptide designed to reduce inflammatory processes, and the monoclonal antibody Itolizumab (Anti-CD6) have shown great effectiveness for the survival of critical and severe COVID-19 patients in Cuba, announced Friday Francisco Duran, national director of epidemiology at the ministry of public health.
Cuba also applies hyperimmune plasma therapy to fight COVID-19
Hyperimmune plasma therapy is one of Cuba's efforts to confront COVID-19, Francisco Duran, national director of epidemiology at the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym), said this Thursday.
Diaz-Canel recognizes transcendental contribution of Cuban science in battle against COVID-19
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel recognized the transcendental contribution that Cuban science has made in the battle against COVID-19 when he visited the Cuban Neuroscience Center and exchanged there with several of the scientists who have been in the front line of the confrontation with the pandemic.
Cuba attends UNESCO meeting about impact of COVID-19 on education
Cuba attended a virtual meeting of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with the objective of analyzing the impact that the new coronvirus pandemic has had on education.
Seventh perceptible earthquake of the year is registered in Cuba
The National Seismological Service reported the occurrence of a perceptible earthquake yesterday afternoon in Santiago de Cuba province, the seventh with that category this year in the Cuban archipelago.
Cuba creates new product to fight "cytokine storm" produced by COVID-19
The Center of Molecular Immunology (CIM by its Spanish acronym) is working to obtain an antagonist of interleukin-6, a product that can be used to inhibit the so-called "cytokine storm", an uncontrolled reaction of the immune system that aggravates the response of patients with VOC-19.
Cuba participates in videoconference on COVID-19 offered by Chinese province
Cuba participated Thursday in a videoconference offered by the province of Liaoning (southern China) to countries in Latin America and Europe to share their experiences in the confrontation with COVID-19.
Cuba reports 12 new cases for COVID 19, one death and 47 discharges
Cuba reported 12 new confirmed cases for SARS Cov-2, increasing the number to 1,741; only one death and 47 discharges.