The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 38 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 2,083 positive cases across the island.
Measures to curb the extension of Covid-19 are being intensified in the municipalities of Cabaiguan and Taguasco, in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, so as to curb the spread of cases of local transmission.
The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) reported today 49 new patients with Covid-19, all Cubans, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 564.
Cuba reported 139 Covid-19 cases, including 114 Cubans and 25 foreigners, Public Health Minister Jose Angel Portal told a news conference on Sunday.
“The Cuban Technical Group is working on the design for the introduction of new control measures for the arrival of people from areas of risk around the world, and epidemiological surveillance is strengthened to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus,” Jose Raul de Armas, head of the Department of Communicable Diseases of the Ministry of Public Health.
Cuba reported two new cases of persons positive for the Sars-CoV-2 virus, causing the Covid-19 disease, for a total of seven infected now, Health Ministry authorities reported Tuesday evening.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has confirmed on Monday that this country will receive the British cruise ship MS Braemar, with a small number of passengers infected with the coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, after a request by the government of that European nation.
Cuba’s Ministry of Public Health confirmed on Wednesday night the first three cases of the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in tourists from Italy.
