Communist Party Central Committee First Secretary and President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz met yesterday with authorities in Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus and Cienfuegos, provinces which until recently were controlling new COVID-19 infections, but are now experiencing a dangerous increase in cases
Through the first half of June, Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus and Cienfuegos had been able to control new COVID-19 infections in their territories. But the three provinces are now experiencing a dangerous increase in new cases, and yesterday, July 7, was no exception: reporting, 151, 218 and 192, respectively.
For this reason, Communist Party Central Committee First Secretary and President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez; Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, and the ministers of Domestic Commerce, Finance & Prices, and Transportation, traveled to these central provinces to analyze the response to this emergency with local authorities, which cannot be the same as that of previous months, since the level and intensity of transmission have changed, for the worse.
During the three discussions, President Díaz-Canel returned time and again to the basic challenges, insisting on the importance of epidemiological research to determine what has happened in each of the three provinces, leading to this deterioration. We must identify the causes, he said, work with the numbers, find out exactly where outbreaks occurred, determine which strains are circulating, because otherwise we will be working blindly and ineffectively.
(Taken from Granma)