Cuba will receive a donation of medicines and medical items this week thanks to an initiative by friends of the island who wanted to reciprocate the recent Cuban medical assistance against COVID-19 in that European nation, particularly in the regions of Lombardy and Piedmont.

The Soberana Centro clinical trial continues as of today in some municipalities of the province of Cienfuegos with the administration of the second dose to the subjects involved.

An article published today in the Infomed website explains the symptoms and treatment options for postcovid disorder or "persistent COVID", which some people who have recovered from the disease suffer from.

At the end of August 21, 12, 506,728 doses of Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala have been administered in the country.

Francisco Duran Garcia, national director of epidemiology of the ministry of public health(MINSAP by its Spanish acronym), insisted today on the need for self-protection in view of the increase in the number of deaths caused by COVID-19 in the country. He explained that during the first 22 days of this month, 198,276 people were diagnosed with the disease and 1,773 died.

Very early in the morning, workers of the 8 de Marzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory Company begin one of the most important tasks at this time for the country: the production of antibiotics destined for each of the pharmacies in the national territory.

Cuba studied 47,223 samples for COVID-19, resulting in 9,320 positive ones. The country accumulates 7, 538,108,108 samples taken and 592,619 positive.

Cuba studied 49,635 samples for COVID 19, resulting in 9,764 positive ones. The country accumulates 7, 388,327 samples taken and 564,011 positive.

Faced with the complex situation and the high transmission that continues prevailing in Cuba due to COVID-19, Dr. Francisco Duran, national director of epidemiology of the ministry of public health(MINSAP by its Spanish acronym), called today on the population not to lower the perception of the risk of this contagious disease.

Luis Orlando Olivero Serrano, coordinator of the Cuban medical brigade in Haiti, informed the press about the complex conditions in which they are working to assist the victims of the earthquake in the south of that country.

Mario Sabines Lorenzo, governor of the province of Matanzas, emphasized the need for daily screening of close contacts of COVID-19 cases as one of the ways to provide early care to potential patients.

The general director of the Cuban Finlay Vaccine Institute Vicente Verez Bencomo said that preliminary results of the clinical trial on children with the Cuban candidate vaccine on children are very promising.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said today that the Cuban-made vaccines have proved to be effective against all strains of SARS-CoV-2 and remarked that they will make it possible, together with the compliance with the basic rules of self-protection, to control the pandemic in the country.

The Canadian Network in solidarity with Cuba donated over one million syringes to the island in an effort to help the fight against COVID-19.