Rome May 23 (Prensa Latina) The Italy-Cuba National Friendship Association (ANAIC) is currently raising funds to support the Caribbean island in the purchase of syringes and needles that will be used to vaccinate its people against Covid-19.
Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, May 2 (Prensa Latina) The Molecular Biology Laboratory of this central Cuban province was certified to make PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) tests for the diagnosis of Covid-19. The island has a total of 27 centers of this kind.
Cuba s preparation avoids collapse of health system
Cuba s preparation avoids collapse of health system
9 de abril de 2021, 9:3Havana, Apr 9 (Prensa Latina) Cuba currently presents a complex epidemiological situation, but the preparation prior to the Covid-19 pandemic made possible to avoid the collapse of the health system in the face of the third outbreak, authorities said. We have a reserve of beds, 23 Molecular Biology laboratories to carry out PCR tests in real time and we can assimilate the new cases in our health facilities, the health centers have not collapsed, Health Minister Jose Angel Portal said.
It is necessary not to lose the perception of risk, and we are obliged to reduce Covid-19 cases in Cuba, given the high figures, because otherwise, such a situation would spoil the efforts made in the fight against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, Portal pointed out.
Five genetic variants and six mutations of SARS-CoV-2 in Cuba
Five genetic variants and six mutations of SARS-CoV-2 in Cuba
Havana, Apr 7 (Prensa Latina) Five genetic variants and six mutational patterns of SARS-CoV-2, the pathogen that causes Covid-19, are currently circulating in Cuba, health authorities informed.
Maria Guadalupe Guzman, director of research at the Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK), stated that a population study conducted between December 28, 2020, and March 28, 2021, identified the presence of different variants of the virus other than group G, which was initially reported and is still predominant. Four changes and five mutational patterns have been detected in imported cases, while for autochthonous contagions, we verified a decrease in time of the D614G variant and a gradual increase in the one reported in South Africa and California, in the United States, the expert said.
Cuba has a new disease diagnosis system
Cuba has a new disease diagnosis system
Havana, Mar 11 (Prensa Latina) The Havana-based Immunoessay Research Center informed that Cuba has a new Ultra Micro Analytical System, which allows detecting several diseases early, among them Covid-19, local press reported on Thursday. This technology can support the follow-up of the evolutionary cases as of the fifth day after the first PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) test is made in patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
The Umelisa SARS-CoV-2 IgG system, which will be used to diagnose people with suspected contagion, completed its external assessment with very good results at the Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute in Havana, the source stated.