The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) reported today that 31 new cases with the Covid-19 disease were confirmed in this country, 29 of them Cuban, for a total of 170 affected patients.

Francisco Durán, director of epidemiology at the Ministry of Public Health, reported in a press conference that the 45-year-old Russian citizen hospitalized in Cuba, had died from complications associated with Covid-19 and other chronic conditions, in this case a history of Type II diabetes mellitus, despite a concerted effort on the part of a team of doctors.

A new increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in Cuba was reported by the Ministry of Public Health. According to the most recent tally concluded on March 24, nine new cases have tested positive in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 57.

Havana, march 24, 2020.- A wide-ranging group of new measures to protect the population and implement the Covid-19 Prevention and Control Plan, demonstrate the preparation and depth of analysis involved in each of the decisions made to preserve life.

Yesterday afternoon, March 19, the Cuban Ministry of Public Health reported that five new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed, three by the molecular lab at the Provincial Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology Center in Santiago de Cuba, and two by the National Reference Laboratory at the Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK), for a total of 16 in the country.

In view of the serious international epidemiological situation arising from the high rate of spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS CoV 2/Covid-19), and its rapid expansion, Cuban Consulates abroad have adopted measures aimed at protecting Cuban nationals requesting services and the Cuban officials working in our country’s consular offices overseas against potential spread of the disease.

Although there is no preventive vaccine or specific treatment, at this time, for the new coronavirus SARS COV-2, which causes COVID-19, the Cuban pharmaceutical industry guarantees the production of proven, high efficacy medications, including recombinant human interferon alpha 2b, in addition to another group of drugs that are included in protocols for treating patients with this disease and the complications that may arise

Cuba is still with four confirmed cases of COVID-19, tests were done on people who have had epidemiological risk and clinical manifestations consistent with the disease and have been negative, so no drastic measures such as closing schools or borders will be taken to date.