Two deaths and 893 new infections, as well as this week’s consequences of COVID-19 for Cuba

All Cuban provinces reported infections from the SARS-CoV-2 virus this Tuesday, when the total number of cases decreased to 893, according to the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) report. Guantánamo continues to lead the provinces in terms of incidence rate (253.3 per 100,000), although the easternmost region reported 138 positive cases, much less than the …

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Donation with medical supplies arrives at port of Mariel

A donation of hospital equipment and medical supplies such as sanitary and expendable hygienic material arrived yesterday in the port of Mariel coming from Canada and sent by Cubans residing in that country. The content includes artificial respiration fans, general anesthesia machine, hospital beds, wheelchairs, orthopedic, gynecology, clinical laboratory, urology and pediatric equipment, among others. …

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Cuba registered more children with COVID-19 in January than in all of 2020

Cuba registered around 1,600 pediatric-age patients confirmed with COVID-19 in January of this year, which represents hundreds of infections of children and adolescents more than those reported in all of 2020. The island has reported a total of a 2,882 positive cases for SARS-Cov-2 in that age range since the beginning of the epidemic last …

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