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Cuba: COVID-19 cases - 4,593 cases; 106 deaths

Source: https://www.cubahora.cu/sociedad/detectado-cuarto-caso-positivo-de-covid-19-en-cuba

Fourth positive case of COVID-19 detected in Cuba
The three cases of Italian tourists confirmed with COVID-19 continue to evolve satisfactorily under strict medical surveillance ...
03/13/2020

The Minister of Public Health has pointed out that epidemiological surveillance has been organized in Cuba through active research on travelers and patients with respiratory symptoms.

Yesterday, a new positive case for the New SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus was confirmed at the National Reference Center of the Pedro Kour? Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK).

This is a Cuban resident in Santa Clara, Villa Clara province, husband of a Bolivian citizen based in Milan, Lombardy Region, Italy, who entered the country on February 24, apparently asymptomatic, and began to develop respiratory symptoms mild on the 27th of the same month.

On March 8, the husband began with respiratory symptoms, both going to the health system, where they were immediately admitted to the Villa Clara isolation hospital and were later transferred and admitted to the IPK yesterday.

In the tests carried out, the Cuban citizen was positive for the new coronavirus, while his wife was negative, given the time of 15 days of evolution of the disease from the first symptoms.

Epidemiological control actions are carried out on people identified as contacts, who remain asymptomatic and under surveillance.

The evolution of both patients is favorable and so far neither is life-threatening.


In relation to the three cases of Italian tourists confirmed and reported yesterday, and which were identified in Trinidad, they continue to evolve satisfactorily under strict medical supervision.

We acknowledge the immediate action of the carrier and the guide, both belonging to the Ministry of Tourism, as well as to the owners of the hostel where they stayed, who encouraged rapid assistance to health services.

We reiterate to our people the need to promptly inform the health authorities in the presence of people with respiratory symptoms.
 
Cuba: Covid-19 cases - 186 cases; 4 deaths

Source: http://www.escambray.cu/2020/confirm...id-19-en-cuba/
Fifth case confirmed with Covid-19 in Cuba
About the other four patients, three are stable and one, a 61-year-old Italian, is in a stable critical condition
Agencia Prensa Latina
March 16, 2020 - 8:02 pm

The Cuban government confirmed the fifth case with Covid-19 on Monday as part of a follow-up meeting on prevention and control measures against the disease, led by President Miguel D?az-Canel.

Public Health Minister Jos? Angel Portal said the 63-year-old man shows mild symptoms and is stable.

Resident in the capital municipality of Diez de Octubre, the new person infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus returned from Spain on the 8th, had mild symptoms on the 11th and went to the doctor the next day, the 12th, when he was admitted.

Portal added that the contacts in the new case are asymptomatic.

About the other four patients, three are stable and one, a 61-year-old Italian, is in a stable critical condition, after suffering a worsening of his health this Sunday.

The five affected are admitted to the Pedro Kour? Tropical Medicine Institute.

The direct contacts and passengers of the flight where the Italian tourists arrived are still on active surveillance and without incident, he added during the meeting.

Likewise, the Cuban head pointed out that from January 25 to date 470 admissions are accumulated and 21 thousand 968 patients are under primary care surveillance.

At the close of the meeting this afternoon, 373 patients were admitted for epidemiological surveillance, of whom 145 are foreigners and 228 are Cubans.

Of the 145 patients studied for Covid-19, five had positive results, he said.

On the other hand, he stressed that in 33 of the more than 139 countries where the transmission of the new coronavirus was confirmed, there is a presence of the Cuban medical collaboration.

Almost all of the aid workers were duly trained in their respective brigades to deal with the situation.

He commented that health professionals with experience in disaster situations and serious epidemics, including those who participated in the fight against Ebola, continue to prepare in Cuba.

Before the public's concerns about controls at the country's borders, the minister said that advanced technology scanners were placed to measure the body temperature of passengers.

As a work practice, the protocol of acting before each suspect is being followed as if it were a confirmed case until proven otherwise, explained Deputy Prime Minister Roberto Morales.

Meanwhile, President D?az-Canel called for precise work in surveillance at ports and airports.

He also reiterated the importance of the actions carried out by family doctors and nurses in the active investigation of the population and the follow-up that is carried out in the communities, especially older people living alone, for whose protection emerging measures were approved
 
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Source: http://www.radiosanctispiritus.cu/es/2020/03/dos-nuevos-caso-de-covid-19-en-cuba/

Two new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Cuba.
March 17, 2020 AvatarCubadebate

Two new cases of Covid-19 in Cuba are confirmed: The National Director of Epidemiology of the Minsap, Francisco Alberto Dur?n Garc?a, reported at the Round Table on the presence of two new cases of COVID-19 in the country.

In total there are seven diagnosed with the disease. In almost all infections, the characteristic that they have been through contact with an infected foreign person is maintained.

Cuba confirmed today two new positive cases to COVID-19, for which there are seven infected in the country, but it cannot be said that there is transmission on the Island or that it is urgent to establish quarantine, Francisco Dur?n, national director of Epidemiology reported today. at the Ministry of Public Health.

From the Round Table television program, Dur?n did not give details of those new cases that were known at the last moment and said that more information will be offered in the Stellar Television Newscast, at 8 pm.

He emphasized that it cannot be said that there is transmission in Cuba, because that will happen when people with the presence of the virus, with or without symptoms, who have not been related to any of the infected patients who have come from abroad or with links to they.

He indicated that, according to the protocols of the World Health Organization, quarantine should be established only when such person-to-person transmissibility is verified in the Greater Antilles.

The quarantine creates a situation of tension and produces stress, it is known that the latter reduces the immune capacity of people, and therefore there is more risk of the disease, he explained.

However, he illustrated that for the moment a group of public activities have been canceled, especially cultural ones, involving the confluence of a large number of people.

"We have prepared for extreme cases," he said, adding that the measures will be applied depending on the complexity of transmission in the country.

He recalled that since January Cuba prepared a Prevention and Control Plan against coronavirus, and a group of actions have been carried out at the national and local levels with the participation of the main authorities of the country, as a result of which some 500 people have been isolated and 25 thousand have remained under surveillance.

The plan has been expanding and it is important at this point to increase extreme vigilance because it is a disease that requires intersectorality for its confrontation, he said.

He also commented that COVID-19 had a very rapid expansion from the first cases in Wuhan, China, and that it has currently wreaked havoc in 144 countries, with more than 180,000 cases and some 7,000 deaths.

“We cannot talk about transmission, because that will happen when we start to find people with the presence of the virus, with or without symptoms, who have not had a relationship with any of the infected patients who came from abroad or their links with them. We are preparing for that situation, ”he said...
 
Source: https://oncubanews.com/cuba/cuba-reg...ra-al-turismo/


Cuba registers 21 positive cases of coronavirus and decides to close the border to tourism
Cuban President Miguel D?az-Canel announced at the Round Table on Cuban television that the Island will close the borders to international tourism.
OnCuba Writing
March 20, 2020

The Cuban government announced that the number of positive coronavirus cases on the Island amounted to 21, while the suspected cases already number 716, just nine days after the first Covid-19 patients were reported in Cuba.

Cuban President Miguel D?az-Canel announced at the Round Table on Cuban television that the Island will close the borders to international tourism.

Cuba will not allow tourists to enter as of Tuesday, and decided to leave around 60,000 foreign visitors who remain on the island, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said on television.

The closure does not apply to Cubans who return to the Island, nor to foreigners residing in Cuba, who must remain in quarantine for 14 days after arrival in the territory, Marrero explained.

Given the threat posed by the pandemic, the Cuban government decided to implement isolation measures for people with suspicious symptoms.

Likewise, it will impose restriction of movements on the crews that arrive in Cuba and have to stay for a while on the Island.
 
Source: https://oncubanews.com/cuba/otros-nuevos-4-casos-confirmados-de-covid-19-en-cuba-suman-25/

Another 4 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Cuba; add 25
716 people are hospitalized for clinical-epidemiological surveillance.
Drafting OnCuba by Drafting OnCuba
March 22, 2020

According to data provided at the end of March 21, at 8:00 am this Saturday, another 4 new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in Cuba.

The accumulated since the first case was reported is 25 in the country, although only 23 people remain in hospital.

One of the 25 confirmed was an American who was evacuated to the United States last Friday in an ambulance plane.

The other, the 61-year-old Italian patient who died in the early hours of March 18.

Two of the 23 patients currently admitted are reported in critical condition and one is in serious condition.

The Ministry of Public Health reports that 716 people are hospitalized for clinical-epidemiological surveillance in the isolation and care centers created for this purpose.
 
Source: http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2020-03/25/c_138915205.htm


ABSTRACT: Cuba, with 48 infected, applies border regulation
Updated 2020-03-25 12:27:14 | Spanish. xinhuanet. com
By Ra?l Menchaca

HAVANA, March 24 (Xinhua) - Cuba began applying strict border regulations on Monday, when the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) reported eight new infections to add 48 people infected on the island with the new coronavirus.

"From this Tuesday foreign tourists stopped entering the country," explained the head of the Minsap, Jos? ?ngel Portal, who also referred to the entry into operation of isolation centers.

Residents in Cuba who return to the country from this Tuesday are admitted to these centers, who, as previously announced by the Government, must remain in those facilities for 14 days.

The eight new cases are a Russian tourist, who arrived from the Dominican Republic, and seven Cubans who had traveled to the United States, Spain, the Dominican Republic, and Uruguay, respectively.

Of the 48 infected, a Russian tourist, complicated with diabetes, an Italian with obstructive pulmonary disease, and a Cuban with a history of high blood pressure, diabetes and ischemic heart disease remain in serious condition.

According to the Minsap, another 43 patients diagnosed with the disease have a stable clinical course, and the remaining two cases correspond to the only deceased, an Italian tourist, and an American who, at his own request, was evacuated last week to his country.

Health authorities confirmed that the first patient recovered from COVID-19, a Cuban who was infected by his Bolivian wife who traveled to the island from Milan, Italy, has been discharged.

That 25-year-old man will now continue in house confinement and under medical supervision for 14 days.

1,229 people have been placed in preventive isolation, 174 of them foreigners of various nationalities, and another 33,132 are kept in their homes controlled by the primary health care system.

In the usual daily press conference, the national director of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Francisco Dur?n, reiterated that there is still no indigenous transmission on the island.

Dur?n said that 4,593 travelers left the country on Monday and 37,255 foreigners remain in Cuba at the moment.

The authorities began today the transfer to hotels of tourists who are staying in rental houses and who can only leave these facilities to return to their countries of origin.

Several hundred vacationers remain at Havana's international airport, the country's main airport, in search of alternatives to leave the island, after the suspension of flights by the companies Air Cara?bes, from France, and Copa, from Panama.

The daily flight of Air France will be suspended tomorrow Wednesday, while the Spanish airlines Iberia and Air Europa have reduced their frequencies.

For his part, the Minister of Transport, Eduardo Rodr?guez, announced that as of midnight all transportation of people between the provinces was suspended.

Meanwhile, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodr?guez proposed to the General Secretariat of the Association of Caribbean States (AEC) that a virtual technical workshop be held to share experiences against COVID-19.

In a videoconference speech at the first extraordinary meeting of the ACS Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Health, which is meeting in Barbados, Rodr?guez called for other countries in the hemisphere such as the United States and Canada to be invited, in order to expand coordination and the exchange of experiences.

The head of Cuban diplomacy pointed out that a guide or questionnaire could be shared among all that helps to identify fundamental data, statistics, concepts and practices, and that draws on what has been learned from the experiences of other countries and regions.

"I can offer the participation of our experts in the preparation of such an instrument," said Rodr?guez, who advocated making that appointment in the coming days.

The foreign minister said that Havana has met "with effort" the requests for medical assistance from several countries in the region, including five members of the Association, "who have requested health personnel from us.

In this regard, it was learned that the Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, announced the forthcoming arrival in that country of a Cuban medical brigade to combat the new coronavirus and thanked the Government of Havana for the assistance.

This brigade of aid workers will join the members of the Cuban health mission that provides services in Dominica.

Belize also announced that in the next few days it will receive a contingent of Cuban experts.

And in sports, the Cuban Olympic Committee (COC) supported on Tuesday the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Japanese Government to postpone the 2020 Olympic Games of this year for next year.
 
Source: https://d-cuba.com/cuba-asciende-a-57-el-numero-de-contagios-por-coronavirus


Cuba increases the number of infections by Coronavirus to 57
News Posted on March 25, 2020 by Editorial

Cuba amounts to 57 the number of cases infected by Coronavirus, reports more than a thousand hospitalized patients and another 36 thousand under sanitary surveillance.

Cuba confirms that the number of Coronavirus infections on the island has reached 57 since the first case of the outbreak was identified.

During this Wednesday, March 25, MINSAP also reported that 1,479 other patients are admitted and in isolation under epidemiological surveillance, 116 of them are foreigners.

Meanwhile, a figure of 36526 people are also under surveillance by the Primary Health Care service, but in this case it is from their homes, throughout the country.

Among the last 9 infected, a 48-year-old Cuban citizen, a resident of the Mariel municipality, in Artemisa, who arrived in the country on the 12th on a flight from Miami, is reported.

There is also the case of a 32-year-old Cuban woman, from the Consolaci?n municipality, Pinar del R?o province, who arrived in Cuba on March 8 from Mexico.

Another of the new infections is a 55-year-old Cuban, a resident of Arroyo Naranjo, Havana who came from Ecuador and arrived in the country on March 16.

Sancti Sp?ritus also reports a 78-year-old Cuban woman who arrived from Madrid and presented the first symptoms on Friday, March 20.

A 44-year-old Cuban resident of Matanzas also tested positive for the Coronavirus and whose background, according to health authorities, is related to the group of infected Italians.

Among the foreigners infected in the last part of MINSAP are two French people, a 72-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman, as well as a Colombian and a Croat, aged 51 and 34.

At the moment, the authorities in Cuba report the satisfactory evolution of these last patients and the rest who were already admitted, except for 2 who remain in critical condition.

However, the patient reported as serious a few days ago, a 71-year-old Italian citizen, is already in a stable and satisfactory evolutionary state.
 
Source: https://www.telemundo51.com/noticia...us-en-cuba-y-reportan-segunda-muerte/2061001/

Cases of Coronavirus Increase in Cuba and Report Second Death
The Cuban regime confirmed the second death and 10 new cases of COVID-19, totaling 67 on the island.
1 min ago • Updated 1 min ago

The Cuban regime confirmed the second death and 10 new cases of COVID-19, totaling 67 on the island, including a couple who came from Miami, and it was confirmed that two are admitted to the Manuel Fajardo hospital in Villa Clara.

Meanwhile, the repatriated Cubans are living a nightmare upon arriving in Havana. They are detained at the airport and transferred to old schools where they must undergo a mandatory 15-day surveillance regime.

Those affected complain that "they want 2 and 3 people to sleep in a cubicle, while the hotels are empty."

While Cuban television presents an image of these isolation centers with excellent hygiene and happy people, which contrasts sharply with reality.

Others denounce that "there are no conditions, neither for sleeping, nor for one to be safe, neither for bathing nor for eating. Nobody feels sure of what they are saying there is. ”

A Cuban-American man who was taken to the Cotorro nursing school outside Havana presented symptoms and was transferred to the naval hospital.

He showed us the food they are giving him, and assures that, due to the lack of water, they placed two containers and two knobs in the hospital lobby so that the patients suspected of covid19 wash their hands

The young man wishes to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation on the island. He is awaiting the result of the medical test. He told us in a message:

“I am isolated in a cubicle, it is a military hospital. I can't see the rest of the patients and the nurses and doctors are military. It is part of the design to send Cubans here. ”

There are other people from the United States in Cuba confirmed with coronavirus, but the authorities have not given more details.
 
Source: https://oncubanews.com/en/cuba/coronavirus-in-cuba-13-new-cases-this-thursday-a-total-of-80/

Coronavirus in Cuba: 13 new cases this Thursday, a total of 80
The number of recovered reached four, while of the 73 that remain hospitalized, one is in critical condition and two are reported serious.
OnCuba Staff by OnCuba Staff
March 27, 2020

The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) confirmed 13 new cases of COVID-19 on the island at the close of this Thursday, bringing the number of infected to 80.

Of this number, 73 remain hospitalized, while three people were discharged, so there are already 4 recovered patients. In addition, two deaths are reported―the second of them in the early hours of Thursday―and one evacuated to the United States...
 
Source: http://www.juventudrebelde.cu/cuba/2020-03-28/confirmados-39-nuevos-casos-con-covid-19-en-cuba


39 new cases with COVID-19 confirmed in Cuba
A total of 119 positive cases of COVID-19 are registered in the Island and a third deceased is regretted
Posted: Saturday March 28, 2020 | 11:27:08 am.
Updated: Saturday March 28, 2020 | 11:39:57 am.
MINSAP report day 28

New positive cases of coronavirus Author: Minsap Published: 03/28/2020 | 11:25 am

In Cuba until March 27, 2,000 patients are admitted for clinical-epidemiological surveillance, in the isolation and care centers created for this purpose; 140 of them foreigners and 1,860 Cubans. Another 31,347 people are monitored in their homes, from the Primary Health Care.

For COVID-19, 329 cases were studied yesterday, to which 39 samples were positive. The country accumulates 1,368 samples made and 119 positive.

Therefore, at yesterday's close 39 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed, for a cumulative of 119 in the country ...

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Source: https://www.elvocero.com/el-mundo/c...cle_40312734-7135-11ea-9a1b-971bebbdc6a0.html

Cuba reports first community case of coronavirus
Has three deaths and 119 confirmed cases
AP 03/28/2020 Updated 9 minutes ago

HAVANA - Cuba announced on Saturday its first case of community or non-imported coronavirus, as well as the third deceased, while some governments announced measures to aid the most vulnerable and low-income people as the pandemic progressed without control in the region. ...
 
Source: https://oncubanews.com/en/cuba/cuba-registers-20-new-covid-19-positive-cases/

Cuba registers 20 new COVID-19 positive cases
The minister of health specified that 2,317 patients have been admitted to health facilities, of which 684 are suspects.
by OnCuba Staff
March 29, 2020

In Cuba, 20 new COVID-19 positive cases were registered at the close of the night of this Saturday, bringing the total number of people infected with the coronavirus to 139, Cuban Minister of Public Health Jos? Angel Portal reported this Sunday.

The minister specified in a press conference that 2,317 patients have been admitted to health facilities, of which 684 are suspects. Another 30,642 people remain isolated in their homes, under epidemiological surveillance by primary health care professionals...
 
Source: https://oncubanews.com/en/cuba/coronavirus-in-cuba-31-new-cases-and-fourth-deceased/

Coronavirus in Cuba: 31 new cases and fourth deceased
In addition, three patients are reported in critical condition and five in serious condition, while a second local transmission event was detected in the municipality of Consolaci?n del Sur, in the province of Pinar del R?o.
OnCuba Staff by OnCuba Staff
March 30, 2020

The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported 31 new cases of COVID-19 on the island at the close of this Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed patients to 170.

The health authorities reported that 342 people were studied yesterday, of which 29 Cubans and two foreigners were diagnosed: a 4-year-old American boy, who was visiting his grandparents in the city of Bayamo, Granma province, and a Chinese citizen who works in the Mariel Special Development Zone, who is a direct contact with a previously confirmed case.

The daily report also records that 161 patients are currently hospitalized, of which 153 show a stable clinical evolution, while three are in critical condition and five are in serious condition...
 
Source: https://oncubanews.com/en/cuba/covi...f-april-233-infections-in-cuba-no-new-deaths/

COVID-19 at close of first day of April: 233 infections in Cuba, no new deaths
422 fewer hospitalizations are reported. A total of 25,920 people are under primary healthcare surveillance in their homes.
by OnCuba Staff
April 2, 2020

The total number of people infected with the new coronavirus in Cuba reached 233, according to this Thursday’s report by the authorities of the island’s Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP). In addition, the number of deceased remained at six and a new medical discharge was registered, the thirteenth.

Of the 576 tests made at the close of Wednesday, the MINSAP confirmed 21 new infections. Of these, 20 are Cuban and one is a Chinese citizen who works in the Mariel Special Development Zone...
 
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel...-a9446466.html


Cuba is no longer libre (free) for foreign travellers. After decades in which tourists have been able to wander without restrictions, the communist government of the Caribbean’s largest island has imposed draconian new rules in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus.

As the health ministry in Havana announced 36 new cases of Covid-19 across the country, all flights in and out of Cuba have been banned – with the exception of repatriation flights agreed at a governmental level.

All foreign vessels have been ordered to leave Cuban waters.

Anyone who arrived between 17 and 23 March will be retrospectively tested for coronavirus. This could include some British travellers: the Foreign Office warning against non-essential travel abroad was issued on 17 March after flights had departed.

Overseas tourists are being funnelled into a few “foreigner hotspots”.
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Tourists are confined to their hotels. Anyone who is staying in a casa particular – a private house with rooms rented to tourists – must stay inside the dwelling until transport arrives to move them to a government hotel.

While that journey will be free, the tourist will pay the bill for the hotel.

The Foreign Office says: “Tourists who did not leave on the scheduled commercial flights (last one on 1 April 2020) will have to stay in a designated hotel until the government of Cuba reviews the measures.”

But the UK embassy in Havana has told British travellers that they can sign up for a repatriation flight to Rome. Blue Panorama is operating from the Cuban capital to Rome Fiumicino on 5 April 2020.

Cuba has long boasted the best health service in the Caribbean – and arguably the whole of Latin America.

Early on in the Covid-19 crisis, a group of Cuban doctors flew to Italy to help with the medical effort in the worst-affected European country. Health care teams from Cuba are also working in other countries.

Any tourists who fall ill while in Cuba will not be allowed to leave the country until they have settled their medical bills.
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http://cubasi.cu/en
Cuba reported on Saturday 32 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 320 the number of people diagnosed with the disease in the Caribbean island.



All confirmed cases were Cuban nationals and traced to contacts with foreigners, Cuban who had traveled abroad or other known cases.



The head of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Public health, Dr. Francisco Duran said that 1887 patients are hospitalized in observation, of them 291 are suspects and 295 are positive cases. 283 are reported in stable, 8 in critical and 4 in serious condition.



Two additional deaths were reported on Saturday. A 71 years female from Sancti Spiritus, and a 74-year-old male from the Isle of Youth. The first case in that special municipality.



At the community level, the primary health care system is keeping surveillance on some 16 306 people.
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