The island will be one of the 12 nations that will compete for one of the three places still available for the group stage of the main tournament of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Soccer (CONCACAF), which will take place in that U.S. city, from July 2 to 6.

At the close of Friday, 24,703 patients remained hospitalized on the island, of which 5,105 are active cases, 3,616 suspects and 15,982 are under epidemiological surveillance, Dr. Durán detailed in his daily television appearance on the epidemiological situation in Cuba.

So far only CITMATEL, the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, the National Center for Biopreparations and the Center for Molecular Immunology have achieved this status, although the deputy minister of CITMA said that any Cuban enterprise can aspire to the category.

A total of 1,756 contracts have been registered, of them 1,669 for imports and 87 for the export of products and services, as reported on Twitter by Vivian Herrera, director of foreign trade at MINCEX.

Most of the patients owe COVID-19 to indigenous transmission (1,009). In addition, 987 were contacts of confirmed cases and the number of imported cases decreased to eight.

After the start of the second stage of the process this Monday, more than 1,200 subjects in Havana received the second dose of Soberana 02, while another 4,000 were injected with Abdala in the provinces of Santiago de Cuba, Granma and Guantánamo.

The national director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Durán, said this Tuesday that despite the educational messages, measures and actions that have been established in the country, the perception of risk is not good, with an average of more than a thousand cases per day in April.

According to the report of the National Center for Seismological Research, it was perceptible in the city of Ciego de Ávila and the towns of Venezuela, Baraguá, Gaspar and Majagua, in the province of Ciego de Ávila, and in Florida, Camagüey.

914 infections, one deceased and 1,070 discharges on Wednesday.

The provinces with the highest number of variants and patterns are Havana, Mayabeque and Pinar del Río.

It does so eight months after its official launch, when, as reported at the time, the online registration of customers was put to the test, “with the intention that the entire foreign trade chain becomes an integrated online mechanism.”

“An alarming start of April, with a daily average of more than a thousand cases, most of them in Havana. In the next few hours there will be more drastic closure measures, as occurred in the first outbreak of COVID-19,” the Cuban president wrote.

Old Havana is at the head of the 12 municipalities that contribute 47.2% of the incidence in the last 15 days, with 733.5 per 100,000 inhabitants. Cabaiguán was added to the group, which comprises 10 other municipalities in the capital and in Bayamo. 1,012 discharges in the day. Two deceased.

Designed to present the experiences and potential of the Cuban biotechnology and biopharmaceutical sector, BioCubaFarma will have the leading role in the meeting, although it will be attended by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cimab S.A., the Finlay Vaccine Institute and the Center for State Control of Medicines, Medical Equipment and Devices.

The study will involve the participation of 1.6 million volunteers in the Cuban capital, over 18 years of age, who will receive the necessary doses of the Soberana 02 and Abdala vaccine candidates.

The works, which began last year, “focused on the intervention on the main bridge, which maintained its original image,” said the official daily Granma, which points out that the fortress’s rehabilitation “will continue during 2021” and will include its surrounding areas.

To convey the Cuban government’s rejection of the allegations made about the country in the 2020 State Department report on Human Rights.

April averages 1,073 infections a day and there have been 15 deaths so far this month. Díaz-Canel said on Twitter that due to these results “in the next few hours there will be more drastic closure measures, as in the case of the first outbreak.”

This Monday, four buildings in the cities of Sancti Spíritus and Trinidad were awarded the Provincial Prize for the Conservation and Restoration of Heritage Premises.

In this way, both Soberana 02 and Abdala, the most advanced COVID-19 vaccines on the island, can be inoculated to allergy sufferers, who until now have not been able to participate in the studies due to the use of thiomersal or thimerosal as a preservative in multi-dose presentations.

By age groups, patients under 20 again showed a high number: 173 cases on the day, of which 162 were in pediatric ages.

“All the clinical, epidemiological and laboratory studies that have been carried out on the cases related to the outbreak controls and the institutional event, corroborate the diagnosis of COVID-19 and have not identified other viruses that can cause Acute Respiratory Infections,” the MINSAP note stated.

There were 1,162; 193 of them in those under 20 years of age. In addition, there were five new deaths due to COVID-19. The death toll now stands at 436.

Although the animal protection regulation has not ceased to be on the agenda, it would be a surprise if it received the green light before the end of the 8th Congress of the PCC.

The Ministry of Public Health of Cuba (MINSAP) reported this Saturday 1,029 coronavirus infections, 738 discharges and two deaths.