Ever since the first COVID-19 cases were diagnosed in Cuba, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has helped the country’s efforts to keep in place services deemed essential to children, teenagers and pregnant women with foods, syringes, means of protection, refrigerators and vital equipment such as an ambulance, an oxygen plant and high precision ultrasound equipment.

As part of the ongoing International Congress of Researchers about Children, Adolescents and Youths, experts with the National Sexual Education Center (CENESEX), the Center for Studies on Youth (CESJ) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) called for the need to prevent adolescent pregnancy.

Nine Million 911 thousand 421 citizens in Cuba have already completed the COVID-19 vaccination scheme, for 89.5 percent of the island’s population according to the Cuban Health Ministry.

For this week, the 13th of the year, Cuban specialists predict a gradual rise in the number of cases and hospital admissions, hence the need to keep observing the current health protocols and administering booster vaccines, as stated in the meeting Tuesday of President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz with scientists and experts involved in the fight against the new coronavirus.

 A total of 35 million 342 thousand 367 doses of the Cuban vaccines Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala were administered on the island up to March 27, according to the Health Ministry.

Cuba accumulated, by the end of March 27, a total of 35,342,367 doses of the Cuban vaccines Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported today.

 Cuba studied a total of 8,310 samples for surveillance during the day, with 621 positive for 7.5% positivity. The country accumulates 13,416,669 samples taken and 1,088,638 positive (8.1%).

There are 9,910,122 people in Cuba, which represents 89.4% of the country's population, who have a complete anti-COVID-19 vaccination schedule, the ministry of public health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported today.

Cuba analyzed a total of 11,467 samples for surveillance during the day, with 834 positive for 7.3% positivity. The country accumulates 13,408,359 samples taken and 1,088,017 positive (8.1%).

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will present today in Havana its Medal for Inventors to the creators of the Cuban COVID-19 vaccines Soberana 01, Soberana 02, Abdala and Mambisa, which have saved thousands of lives in Cuba and other countries.

Cuba studied a total of 14,264 samples for surveillance during the day, with 836 positive results. The country accumulates 13,368,420 samples taken and 1,085,404 positive.

Cuba’s Health Ministry said that some 35 million 269 thousand 751 doses of Cuban vaccines Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala have thus far been administered to fight COVID-19.

Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal Miranda reaffirmed his country’s commitment to keep working to meet the goal of the World Health Organization in advancing towards the eradication of tuberculosis by the year 2030.

Cuba’s Health Ministry reported 877 new COVID-19 cases, 824 hospital discharges and no deaths due to the disease during the analysis of Wednesday samples.