At the end of May 17, a total of 7,193,870 people have received booster doses in Cuba, the Cuban ministry of public health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported today.

Saving lives, recovering and sustaining the progress made in health before the pandemic must be the priority of all governments, said today the head of Cuban public health, Jose Angel Portal Miranda, during the meeting of ministers of health of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) held in virtual format in Geneva.

Cuba studied a total of 5,163 samples for surveillance on the day, with 61 positive. The country has accumulated 13,814,412 samples and 1,104,891 positive.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero congratulated Cuban health professionals on World Family Doctor Day, which is marked every May 19th.

Cuba reported today 62 new COVID-19 cases and another day without deaths.

“In order to keep the COVID-19 epidemic under control as we have so far, we must maintain our current level of immunization, and we can do that with the booster vaccines,” Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez wrote today on Twitter.

Cuba reported today 62 new COVID-19 cases and, again, no fatalities.

A total of 7,169,063 people in Cuba have received anti-COVID-19 booster doses, the ministry of public health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported today.

A total of 36,352,557 doses of the Cuban anti-COVID-19 Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala vaccines have been administered in Cuba as of May 13, the ministry of public health ( MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported today.

Cuba studied a total of 4,711 samples for surveillance during the day, resulting positive 72 for 1.5% positivity. The country accumulates 13,794,968 samples taken and 1,104,661 positive (8.0%).

The Cuban ministry of public health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported this morning that 12 of the 99 people injured during the accident at the Saratoga Hotel occurred on May 6 are still hospitalized.

Cuba reported in the most recent week the lowest number of COVID-19 cases of the year, by reporting 609 new patients confirmed with the disease.

In view of the limitations caused by the tightening of the U.S. blockade and the lack of financing, the Public Health Insurance Business Group is taking actions to guarantee a better functioning of the health system.

Cuba studied a total of 6,594 samples for surveillance during the day, 77 of which were positive. The country accumulates 13,778,326 samples taken and 1,104,393 positive.