20 May, 2020
Cuba’s authorities keep the alarm about SARS-CoV-2 virus
Cuba’s authorities raised yesterday the alarm about SARS-CoV-2 virus despite the encouraging behavior of the Covid-19 pandemic recently.
Cuba’s government urged this Wednesday the world to prioritize saving lives based on international cooperation and solidarity in Covid-19 times.
The 26 brigades of Cuban doctors from the Henry Reeve Contingent who are working today in about twenty countries, have so far treated more than 26,000 patients from Covid-19.
The first stage of the study on seroprevalence (presence of antibodies) and prevalence of Covid-19 in this eastern Cuban province did not record any positive case of this disease in the 113 families tested.
Cubans living in Panama have joined the international rejection and condemnation of the United States government for including Cuba on its list of those they describe as not collaborating in the fight against terrorism.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Tuesday recognized the science contribution impacts to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero called to continue to fight illegalities and corruption, amid the combat against the Covid-19 pandemic.
With a military ceremony and the placement of floral offerings National Cuban Hero Jose Marti will be honored this Tuesday in Santa Ifigenia Cemetery, on the 125th anniversary of his fall in combat.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel recalled this Tuesday the 125th anniversary of José Marti’s fall in combat, and warned of his wake-up call about America’s danger to the island’s independence.
At the close of yesterday, May 18, 824 patients are admitted to hospitals for epidemiological clinical surveillance. Another 2,053 people are monitored in their homes from Primary Health Care.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba sent a message of sincere congratulations to its counterpart in Vietnam, on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the birth of legendary President Ho Chi Minh.
The number of patients recovered from Covid-19 in Cuba increased to 1,505 with the addition of 10 new medical discharges, the Ministry of Public Health said today.
The Minister of Public Health Jose Angel Portal will share experiences with colleagues on the control of Covid-19 in Cuba this Monday at the 73rd World Assembly of that discipline, which will be held for the first time online.
Peruvian Prime Minister Vicente Zeballos confirmed the arrival of 85 Cuban doctors to collaborate in the fight against COVID-19 and suggested that they go to the regions most affected by the serious disease.
The Cuban Minister of Public Health, José Ángel Portal Miranda, participates this Monday in the 73rd World Health Assembly, which is held every year from Geneva.
The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 9 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 1,881 positive cases across the island.
The Ministry of Public Health of Cuba highlighted today that in the country there are more medical discharges than the admissions from Covid-19, while reiterating not to rely on such favorable statistics in the fight against the pandemic.
Non-communicable diseases in Cuba are the ones that contribute most to the death of statistics, and not Covid-19, affirmed today the national director of Epidemiology, Francisco Durán.
At the close of yesterday, May 15, 981 patients are admitted to hospitals for epidemiological clinical surveillance. Another 3,365 people are monitored in their homes from Primary Health Care.
In view of the real and encouraging fact of the downward trend in statistics related to Covid-19 in the country, the Cuban government reiterated this Friday the call to maintain discipline, today more than ever, and take responsibility for each of the measures taken to contain the expansion of a disease that has claimed in the world the lives of more than 296 thousand people.