Most contagious strain of SARS-CoV 2 detected in Camagüey
By Jorge Enrique Jerez Belisario/Adelante
May is about to become the month with the highest incidence of COVID-19 in Camagüey. And just in the third week of the year with more reports of positive cases, the presence of the South African strain was known in samples previously sent for this specific analysis that is only carried out at the Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine. The authorities insist that, although this is more contagious, for any of the variants the measures are the same: physical distancing and increasing hygiene.
Read more ...Laboratory in Camagüey increases PCR processing
By Lisyen Halles Ravelo/ Adelante
More than 900 PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests for the diagnosis of COVID-19 patients are processed daily at the Camagüey Molecular Biology Laboratory. After the arrival of new equipment, its workers have managed to double the number of analyzes every 24 hours in just over a week.
Read more ...Central Bank of Cuba establishes operations as part of the monetary order
By ACN
As part of the monetary order process, the Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) published seven resolutions referring, among other issues, to bank operations and accounts, mechanisms to lessen the effect caused by the devaluation of the Cuban peso and to fulfill the external obligations contracted by the business sector before the monetary and exchange rate unification.
Read more ...Cuba: 15 new cases confirmed, the cumulative is 2 107
By Taken from radiohc.cu
The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 15 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 2,107 positive cases across the island.
Read more ...Cuba reports 46 new positive cases of SARS-Cov-2, totaling 1,235
By ACN
With the confirmation today of 46 new positive cases of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, a total of 1,235 people have been infected with the pathogen in Cuba.
21 new cases confirmed: Accumulated from 233 in the country
By ACN writing
With 21 new confirmed cases, the number of people in Cuba who are positive for the new coronavirus SARS CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, has reached 233, the Ministry of Public Health reported this Thursday.
Antonio Maceo documents to the UNESCO national registry
By ACN Writing
The Record of the Antonio Maceo Documentary Collection and the Ten Years' War. Unpublished documents will be inscribed this Thursday in the National Register of UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme.
A new photovoltaic solar power farm synchronizes in Camagüey
By Enrique Atiénzar Rivero/Adelante
Renewable sources of energy continue to gain ground in this province through the synchronization of the new photovoltaic solar power farm Planta Mecánica I to the National Energy System, to support the 13 kilovolt networks from the north and west of the city of Camagüey.
Another 15 thousand Cubans join the private sector
By ACN Writing
The number of self-employed workers in Cuba was 595,559 at the close of the first quarter of the year, 14,731 more than those reported in December 2018.