Cuban students, researchers and technologists will receive today the incentive prizes and mentions for scientific creation granted by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA by its Spanish acronym) since 2004.

Cuban ministry of public health reported today 29 new positive cases of COVID-19, and 26 medical discharges, on a day in which no deaths were registered due to the disease.

The Cuba-Turkey Friendship Association sent to the Caribbean nation a donation of medical supplies that will contribute to the care of those injured by the large-scale fire that occurred last August 5 in the province of Matanzas.

Cuba’s Health Ministry announced on Wednesday the detection of a second case of monkeypox in Cuban territory, which has no connection to a previous case.

A donation of medical products was brought by the US Hatuey project to this province major clinical and surgical hospital.

A total of 41,109,375 doses of the Cuban vaccines Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala have been administered in the country to 9,986,689 people (90.1% of the Cuban population), the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported today.

Cuba reported today 42 new COVID-19 cases after 1,864 samples were analyzed. A total of 14,097,790 have been taken in the country since the onset of the pandemic, of which 1,110,539 have tested positive.

The Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reports today that 13 of the 146 people injured in a major fire in the industrial zone of Matanzas remain hospitalized, including four and nine of them in critical and serious condition, respectively, whereas 117 patients have been already discharged.

Cuba carried out a total of 1,339 samples for surveillance, resulting positive 33. The country accumulates 14,095,926 samples carried out and 1,110,497 positive.

US journalist and film maker Abby Martin said that visiting Cuba and exchanging with scientists here about how they keep researching despite local limitations and hardships is a moving experience.

Cuba reported 57 new positive cases of SARS-CoV-2 at the end of Sunday, in another day with no deaths due to COVID-19, according to a report by the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym), published today on its web page.

Booster vaccination with Soberana Plus has already benefited more than 28,000 children in the province of Holguin, as part of the programs of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) to boost the immune system of populations vulnerable to COVID-19.

The government of Italy will send to Cuba a donation of medicines and health supplies to contribute to the assistance to those injured in the fire in the industrial zone of Matanzas.