In the recently concluded 2020, Las Tunas did not report transmission of dengue or other arboviruses

Why should we wait for an operator to arrive at our house to detect the larvae of the Aedes aegypti mosquito in a water tank, in the toilet bowl or in a bottle that is incorrectly placed in the yard?, reflected Dr. Aldo Cortés González, Deputy Director of the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology (CPHEM), referring to the situation that the province presents today with the vector.

Individual responsibility, conscience and discipline are keys to avoid a major spread of the virus

The epidemiological alert issued to this province by the Government's Temporary National Working Group is clear evidence of the rise in positive cases in recent days; and that, according to the local health authorities, is associated with the non-compliance with protocols by travelers and their families.

The Santiago hospital is the only headquarters in the country for the experimental procedures of this candidateThe clinical trial of the vaccine candidate Abdala, one of the four underway in Cuba, is going well today at the Saturnino Lora Hospital in this eastern city, where it has been taking place for the last month.

"Red Zone" in San Manuel

With its own “red zone” of quarantine around 72 homes in San Manuel, the municipality of Puerto Padre tries to prevent the COVID-19 from spreading throughout the community after the last week a citizen with residence in the province of Ciego de Ávila, who made a short stay in this town north of Las Tunas tested positive for the new coronavirus.