Local authorities reported this Sunday that the Cubans remain at the Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, 45 kilometers south of the city of Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname, although there is no data on why and how they ended up in that South American country.
An increase to 6,034 was reported in confirmed active cases. There were 1,031 discharges.
The MINSAP reported 1,185 infections, 13 deaths and 173 patients in ICUs.
The artists posted previews of the clip on their respective social networks and confirmed that they are very satisfied with the result of the song.
The MINSAP reported that after processing 23,963 PCR samples, 1,135 were positive for the virus. Of these, 1,105 are due to autochthonous transmission and imported cases decreased to 30.
The record of May 28, when the number of patients in intensive care had reached 151, was surpassed now by 10.
In the midst of a deep economic crisis aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero insisted that the state enterprise is the main subject of the national economy.
Dr. Vicente Vérez, director of the Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV), confirmed this Wednesday that his center is only waiting for the approval of the studies by the Center for the State Control of Medicines, Equipment and Medical Devices (CECMED), to start studies in around 300 children with the Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus vaccine candidates.
There were 1,053 cases detected this Wednesday. The MINSAP also reported eight deaths and 5,905 active cases. There were 1,007 discharges.
The island’s health institutions have administered 1,843,490 doses of both COVID-19 drugs, still awaiting the results of the third phase of clinical trials.
More than two tons of these supplies arrived thanks to the support of the Argentine Movement of Solidarity with Cuba (MasCuba), the Union of Cuban Residents in Argentina (URCA) and other groups.
The deceased were six women and the same number of men between the ages of 53 and 94, and residing in municipalities of Havana, Matanzas, Ciego de Ávila, Cienfuegos, Camagüey and Holguín.
Ciclos Minerva, from Villa Clara, is taking on the production at the proposal of the Ministry of Transportation, as an alternative to the fuel shortage affecting public transportation on the island.
The principal investigator of the clinical trials, Arturo Chang, pointed out that as part of the studies, the levels of antibodies have been evaluated, which turned out to be higher than those of convalescent patients without vaccination compared to those who received two doses of Soberana 02 plus the booster dose of Soberana Plus.
The records at the end of the fifth month of 2021 have been the worst of the pandemic, with an average of 1,151 cases and 10 deaths per day.
A statement from the General Calixto García University Hospital affirms that the multidisciplinary medical care received by Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara “has allowed his full recovery,” although it does not specify whether, after his discharge, the activist would return to his home or be transferred to another non-hospital facility by Cuban authorities.
The operation lasted more than 123 hours and spanned some 8,800 square miles.
The new centers for the application of the vaccine candidate are distributed in three of the capital’s municipalities where the aim is to immunize more than 378,000 volunteers.
Most of the infections are due to autochthonous transmission (1,073), 1,034 correspond to contacts of confirmed cases, and imported cases dropped to 27.
In May, the island accumulated until the 29th a total of 33,544 SARS-CoV-2 positive cases and 296 deaths.
The 10 deaths as a result of COVID-19 correspond to eight men and two women residing in municipalities of Havana, Mayabeque and Ciego de Ávila. With them, the death toll now stands at 943 and the fatality rate is 0.67%.
In the statement, the MINREX recalls that the administration of former President Donald Trump had issued this same classification on June 2, 2020, as a preliminary step for the inclusion of Cuba in the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism.
“It does not agree with our institution’s vocation of service or with the interest of the public to which it owes itself,” the Museum said in a note.
Of the total of new infections, 1,135 are due to autochthonous transmission, 1,100 were contacts of confirmed cases and 34 were imported cases, mostly due to Cuban travelers from Russia (32), Spain (one) and the United States (one).
The Cuban players traveled to Florida on Wednesday afternoon, where they will play as of next Monday in the Pre-Olympic baseball qualifying tournament.
