{"id":247969,"date":"2022-01-13T16:20:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T21:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=247969"},"modified":"2022-01-13T16:20:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T21:20:41","slug":"cuba-versus-omicron-advantages-and-disadvantages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/coronavirus\/cuba-versus-omicron-advantages-and-disadvantages\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba versus Omicron: advantages and disadvantages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuba is facing a new wave of the pandemic due to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/tag\/omicron-variant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Omicron variant<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, backed by a wide vaccination coverage and the weakness of the wear and tear of the health system, according to experts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuban molecular biologist Am\u00edlcar P\u00e9rez-Riverol explained to EFE that the Caribbean country has a resistant level of immunity that should allow a decrease in the amount of admissions, patients in intensive care and deaths.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuba has been showing a clearly upward trend for several weeks and is currently at the highest values \u200b\u200bof the last three months. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Wednesday<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2,788 new infections were reported in the previous 24 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most important cause of the increase in new patients is the presence of Omicron, although it is less severe than the Delta variant, says the researcher from the University of the State of Sao Paulo (UNESP).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P\u00e9rez-Riverol predicted that Cuba should follow a pattern similar to that of countries like Denmark, in which the increase in cases does not necessarily represent an increase in admissions, patients in intensive care or deaths.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similar criteria was recently used by the head of the Center for Research, Diagnosis and Reference of the Pedro Kour\u00ed Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK), Dr. Mar\u00eda Guadalupe Guzm\u00e1n, who <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cubadebate.cu\/noticias\/2022\/01\/12\/primer-ministro-de-cuba-con-la-variante-omicron-no-podemos-confiarnos-para-nada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pointed out in a meeting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between experts and authorities of the island that the coronavirus sequencing studies showed in a preliminary way that Omicron prevails in Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The IPK scientist added that Cuba \u201cis better prepared than many other nations to face the current outbreak, due to the three-dose vaccination process\u201d that included children 2 years of age and older, and due to the strategy of accelerating the reinforcement doses with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/tag\/cuban-vaccine-against-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">its own formulas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1WVUsVgoOH\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/coronavirus\/cuba-to-apply-booster-doses-of-its-covid-19-vaccines\/\">Cuba to apply booster doses of its COVID-19 vaccines<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Cuba to apply booster doses of its COVID-19 vaccines&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/coronavirus\/cuba-to-apply-booster-doses-of-its-covid-19-vaccines\/embed\/#?secret=o7CXzGfvAT#?secret=1WVUsVgoOH\" data-secret=\"1WVUsVgoOH\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Delta gave immunity<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuba went through its worst outbreak of the pandemic in the summer months of 2021, when new positive cases exceeded 9,000 a day and fatalities touched one hundred a day, according to official statistics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Added to this was the lack of oxygen in several hospitals, which were on the verge of sanitary collapse in provinces such as the western Matanzas, the shortage of medicines and saturated funeral services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The incidence rate of the disease was among the highest in the region, reaching 1,316 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 15 days, higher, for example, than that of Madrid in its worst moments of the pandemic. However, the wave of infections offered what the UNESP researcher describes as \u201cimmunity by infection\u201d and \u201cprior immunity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fact that most of these cases are already vaccinated, including the child population, and that Omicron is in general terms less severe than the Delta strain, is also an advantage when it comes to containing the infection, said the Cuban molecular biologist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The specialist also recognizes the fact that 87% of the Cuban population \u2014 out of 11.2 million inhabitants \u2014 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/salud.msp.gob.cu\/actualizacion-de-la-vacunacion-en-el-marco-de-los-estudios-de-los-candidatos-vacunales-cubanos-y-la-intervencion-sanitaria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have the complete immunization scheme<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> against COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P\u00e9rez-Riverol warned, however, that there is still a risk of an increase in hospitalizations or deaths \u201cbecause everything will depend on the magnitude of the current wave.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the severity is less, if the wave is very large \u2014 as is currently the case in the United States \u2014 the figures for hospitalizations, intensive care patients and deaths will still increase, he explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The expert stressed that it is important to contain contagions so as not to reach what Delta represented in terms of cases, hospitalizations and deaths.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"yzne7lFG2w\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/coronavirus\/2021-in-cuba-the-other-year-of-the-pandemic\/\">2021 in Cuba: the (other) year of the pandemic<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;2021 in Cuba: the (other) year of the pandemic&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/coronavirus\/2021-in-cuba-the-other-year-of-the-pandemic\/embed\/#?secret=t4OfJ1FJQC#?secret=yzne7lFG2w\" data-secret=\"yzne7lFG2w\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Disadvantages for Cuba<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UNESP researcher also mentioned that the economic crisis worsened in the last two years is a disadvantage when facing the current wave of infections in Cuba. He claimed that the lack of adequate means of protection such as N95 (FFP-2) masks effective to contain the infection contributes to an increase in cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An important source of contagion is the crowds, not only in concerts and non-essential events, but especially in the queues in the markets to buy food and basic products, P\u00e9rez-Riverol warned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another element to consider is, in his opinion, the capacity of the Cuban hospital system \u2014 which was put to the test during the wave of infections last year \u2014 due to the pressure exerted by Omicron and the presence of other respiratory infections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The advance of vaccination led the authorities to reopen the borders on November 15, lift the limitation of international flights, resume in-person classes in schools and eliminate restrictions on public transport and restaurants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P\u00e9rez-Riverol indicated that it is unlikely that closure measures will now be implemented due to the economic crisis, but it would also not be justified given the high percentage of the vaccinated population.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero recently summarized the country\u2019s situation in the face of this new wave in the weekly meeting with specialists. \u201cWith the Omicron variant, we can\u2019t trust each other at all,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Mar\u00eda Guadalupe Guzm\u00e1n, head of the Center for Research, Diagnosis and Reference of the Pedro Kour\u00ed Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK), pointed out in a meeting between experts and authorities of the island that the coronavirus sequencing studies preliminarily showed that Omicron prevails in 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