Through a credit granted by the French Development Agency (AFD by its French acronym), the Cuban Nephrology Network has benefited from the commissioning of 332 hemodialysis machines, which represent a significant change in the sustainability and quality of care for patients with chronic kidney disease in the hemodialysis program.

On the occasion of International Nurses Day, Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal Miranda acknowledged the work of the island’s nurses for their altruism, commitment, and professionalism.

The newborn hearing screening conducted in the Isle of Youth—and nationwide—will favor the child’s optimal development in case of early detection of some degree of hearing loss, often undetected during clinical examinations.

Based on the experience gained in previous actions with the Finlay Vaccine Institute (FVI), specialists from a children’s hospital in the province of Cienfuegos are getting ready for the clinical trial with the vaccine Soberana Futuro, which includes two doses of the vaccine Soberana 02 and a booster dose of the Soberana Plus one for children between the ages of seven and eleven months.

In order to guarantee a better quality of life to patients in the province of Camagüey who need hemodialysis, 33 new artificial kidneys received through a cooperation project with France will replace the old existing ones in local hospitals.

Cuba keeps showing a trend towards the control of COVID-19 as the local Health Ministry reported only 96 new confirm cases to the virus on Tuesday, 142 patients were discharged from hospital and one person died.

A total of 89.8 % of the Cuban population has already completed the vaccination program against COVID-19, with the immunogens developed in the country, Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala.

The death toll in the accident that took place last Friday at the Saratoga Hotel has risen to 42, the ministry of public health reported today in its morning press release.

Cuba studied a total of 3,493 samples for surveillance during the day, 53 were positive for 1.3% positivity. The country accumulates 13,759,966 samples taken and 1,104,110 positive (8.0%).

Direct psychological assistance to those injured at the Saratoga hotel, as part of the multidisciplinary team treating them, is essential after the accident, a specialized source confirmed today.

The Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB by its Spanish acronym) and the Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV), promoters of the anti-COVID-19 Abdala and Soberana vaccines, respectively, are preparing new clinical trials to protect under two-year-olds from the disease.

The Cuban ministry of public health reported today that as a result of the accident that took place last Friday at the Saratoga Hotel, 35 people have died and 89 were injured.

Nine patients injured as a result of the explosion at the Saratoga Hotel in Havana are being treated at the General Calixto Garcia University Hospital, and one of those admitted to the burn ward is expected to be discharged from the hospital today.

COVID-19 indicators in Cuba continue recovering, a situation related to the progress of vaccination, as explained today by Dr. Francisco Duran Garcia, national director of epidemiology of the ministry of public health, in his weekly TV presentation.