Surveillance of acute respiratory infections (ARI) is reinforced

Even when Las Tunas is going through the stage of new normal, the Ministry of Public Health issued an epidemiological alert in the face of the outbreak of positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 15 days, totaling 70, of which 46 are indigenous for an incidence rate of 8.6 per 100,000 inhabitants.

Increased COVID-19 cases in pediatric ages

Cuba reports in recent days the highest number of positive cases for COVID-19 in pediatric ages, according to statistics from the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP).

Passenger transport restraint in Las Tunas and Puerto Padre

As of Monday, January 18, several measures to limit public transportation of people will come into force in the municipalities of Las Tunas and Puerto Padre to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.

Covid-19 rebound

With the four new cases reported today in Las Tunas, more than 220 have already accumulated here since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic; of them, 43 autochthonous in the last 15 days for an incidence rate of 8.04 per 100,000 inhabitants.

COVID-19 epidemic rebound in Las Tunas

The rise in the number of infected people with the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has complicated the epidemiological situation throughout Cuba; and although this province remains in the stage of new normality, there is an obvious rebound of cases in recent weeks, much higher than the figures that had been reported since the start of the pandemic.