Cuba begins April with record coronavirus infections
1,077 cases detected this Thursday, a day where four deaths were reported. There was another increase in the number of patients in the ICUs; as of midnight there were 83 patients in them.
1,077 cases detected this Thursday, a day where four deaths were reported. There was another increase in the number of patients in the ICUs; as of midnight there were 83 patients in them.
An imported case was reported, so almost all COVID-19 cases (1,012) are due to autochthonous transmission of the virus. One death reported.
The Matanzas province director of the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology described as “fables” the rumors that affirm the existence of H1N1 and H1N5 viruses, as well as studies carried out by Havana’s Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK) in the Matanzas municipality of Jagüey Grande.
Chaired by the deputy minister of MINAG and made up of specialists and officials related to the matter, the group’s missions include checking the completeness of the system of veterinary clinics, offices and pharmacies on the island, among other functions.
The latest editions of a population and housing registry of this type took place in 2002 and 2012.
Three deaths, 4,169 confirmed active cases, and 746 clinical discharges were also reported.
Most of the new infections (986) are due to autochthonous transmission, 961 were contacts of confirmed cases and in 22 individuals the source of infection was from abroad. Four deceased were reported on the day and the death toll now stands at 421 from the pandemic in one year.
Until this weekend, 101,943 volunteers had received the initial dose of the Soberana 02 and Abdala candidates, or a placebo, both in Havana and in the east of the country.
According to the Cuban Embassy in the Russian capital, the beach resort located north of Matanzas is ready to receive Russian tourists and offer them “a comfortable stay in safe epidemiological conditions.”
The two deceased of the day were from Havana. With them, the coronavirus death toll already stands at 417 in Cuba.
On this very day, a person died from COVID-19 and 802 medical discharges were given. Active cases on the island increased to 3,533.
Ecomadera Cubana was founded in 2014 by specialists Pavel Sánchez and Yoel Torres. The final product is obtained with recycled material.
The Minister of Domestic Trade said that, in accordance with the economic situation of the country and personal income, the purpose is to continue the process of gradual elimination of undue gratuities and excessive subsidies, “to subsidize only the needy and not the products.”
There were 931 autochthonous infections and 19 imported cases. There was only one death due to the pandemic. 850 discharges were reported.
The cetacean was found this Thursday morning by residents of the place who, together with members of the coast guard, were taking care of the animal and trying to return it to the sea.
In addition to the boxers and their technical team, the wrestling team and trainers were also immunized, as well as the personnel of the National Institute of Sports Medicine, as part of an intervention study underway in Havana.
Until Thursday midnight, 21,425 patients were hospitalized, of which 3,318 are active cases with the disease, while 3,733 are suspected of having contracted it, said Dr. Durán in his daily press conference on the epidemiological situation on the island.
Once “an emergency use or registration permit” is issued by the regulatory agency, the introduction of the vaccine on a population scale would begin, which could be for the month of June, said the director of Science and Technological Innovation at MINSAP.
The installation fee for the access to internet service through asymmetric digital subscription line (ADSL) technology will be 2,500 Cuban pesos and the connection fee varies from 1,250 to 24,125 pesos per month, depending on the speed set in the contract.
Havana had the highest number of cases, followed by Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. On the contrary, Sancti Spíritus, Cienfuegos and Mayabeque had the lowest figures.
Interview with the constitutionalist Harold Bertot Triana.
The pandemic has already left 405 deaths in Cuba, 81 of them so far in March, as well as a total of 18,396 infections of the 68,986 registered since March 2020.
According to the CITMA, the execution of the project “Coastal Resilience to Climate Change in Cuba through Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (Mi Costa)” will benefit 1.3 million people in 24 municipalities and seven coastal towns in Pinar del Río, Artemisa, Mayabeque, Ciego de Ávila, Camagüey, Las Tunas and Granma.
So far in March alone, COVID-19 has caused 77 deaths and 17,660 infections on the island. Dr. Durán highlighted the danger that the disease represents for the most vulnerable groups.
The intervention study, approved by the Center for State Control of Medicines, Equipment and Medical Devices (CECMED), aims to evaluate the effects of vaccination in population sectors with high “risk of infection, disease and spread of the pandemic.”
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