The first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in Las Tunas, Manuel René Pérez Gallego reiterated on Saturday that there are no conditions for an alleged reopening of the beaches, recreational centers, or other facilities or spaces that cause the agglomeration of people for festive purposes.

Las Tunas, Cuba.- The territory, he insisted, is experiencing its worst moment of the pandemics. He pointed out that the most important thing, now, is to comply with the indicated measures, especially concerning reducing the mobility of the population, the correct use of the facemask, and the hygiene of hands and surfaces of common use.

Last Friday, the Balcón del Oriente Cubano (Cuban Eastern Balcony) registered the second-highest number of positives notified in one day (305). Besides, the province exceeded the figure of 5,400 contagions of COVID-19 so far this month. Consequently, the incidence rate per 100,000 inhabitants continued to rise, with 3,729 positives reported in the last 15 days, with an average of approximately 249 daily cases.

The statements of Pérez Gallego confirmed the information released the day before at the meeting of the Temporary Working Group for the Prevention and Control of the COVID-19 in the municipality of Puerto Padre, where the traditional summer destinations of the Las Tunas population are located. Before the pandemics, more than five thousand people crowded beaches such as La Boca and La Llanita, during July and August.

The political leader stressed that the authorities are totally transparent in the information published about the COVID-19 here. Referring to the implementation of the new protocols for the diagnosis and clinical management of COVID-19 confirmed patients, suspects, and contacts, he expressed that it implies a high responsibility for everyone. More, he said, in those places where a certain number of patients must remain isolated. It is up to community actors, together with government representatives and citizens, to guarantee food and other essential products to those who are confined to their homes, to avoid the transmission of the new coronavirus, he explained.

About the mass vaccination with “Abdala”, which began this week in the municipality of Las Tunas, Pérez Gallego stressed that this process cannot lead to a relaxation of the sanitary guidelines in force.