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Cuba prioritizes its epidemiological situation

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Cuba as a whole has been working for a little over a week to erase the traces left by Hurricane Ian in various provinces of the country. Enormous efforts have demanded that purpose on the part of the Cuban Government and its leaders, which has not prevented continuing to give priority to the epidemiological scenario of the nation. Along this path, this Tuesday afternoon two exchanges were held between the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.

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Epidemiological situation continues to be marked by dengue

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Dengue continues to be the most complex hygienic-sanitary situation that we have today in the country, it was reiterated at this Wednesday’s meeting of the Government’s temporary working group for the prevention and control of covid-19. The exchange was led by the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and the prime minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz, a member of the Political Bureau. The head of the Ministry of Public Health, José Ángel Portal Miranda, reported that there is dengue transmission in the 15 provinces and the Isle of Youth.

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Cuban government checks epidemiological situation and other issues related to the population

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Actions to control dengue in the country continue; In recent days, there has been an improvement in the confrontation efforts, however, at the end of last week, transmission was reported in 14 provinces and the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud, 41 municipalities, and 50 health areas. From August 14 to 20, week 33 of the year, transmission was opened in the provinces of Mayabeque (in the municipality of Güines), Cienfuegos (in Rodas) and Guantánamo (in Caimanera), it was reported at the meeting this Tuesday of the Group temporary work of the Government for the prevention and control of Covid-19.

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More than 1,600 epidemiologists serve in Cuba’s public health system

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“Cuba currently has 1,601 professionals in Hygiene and Epidemiology, a specialty we have heard a great deal about over the last few weeks, in the context of COVID-19, but whose field of action is quite broad, since it not only addresses infectious diseases, but also chronic non-communicable diseases and health problems such as alcoholism, smoking and drug addiction,” stated. Dr. Francisco Durán García, national director of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Public Health, providing updated information.

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Sixth imported case of Zika virus confirmed

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The sixth imported case of Zika virus has been detected, in a 32 year old, Cuban collaborator, General Family Medicine Specialist and resident of Artemisa city in the province of the same name, on her return to the island from Venezuela (Lara state), March 15.

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Second imported case of Zika virus detected in Cuba

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The second imported case of Zika virus has been detected in a Cuban nurse aged 51, a resident of the city of Manzanillo, in Granma province, who was collaborating in the state of Táchira, Venezuela, and arrived in the country on February 23, 2016. The patient began to experience an itchy rash and swelling and pain in her left hand that same day. On the 25th she was admitted to the CeliaSánchez Manduley Hospital, where a test for the Zika virus was taken and sent to the Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK).

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Cuba ups efforts to eradicate mosquitoes

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Extreme vigilance and measures to combat mosquitoes are defining recent efforts by Cuban health authorities in the campaign to prevent the spread of viruses transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito (including Zika, dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever).

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First imported case of Zika virus detected in Cuba

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The first imported case of Zika virus has been detected in a 28 year old Venezuelan doctor from the state of Aragua, who arrived to the country on February 21, 2016 to begin postgraduate studies in gastroenterology, and was staying at the Machurrucutu student residence in the municipality of Bauta, Artemisa province, together with 37 other doctors. All individuals have been quarantined for epidemiological surveillance. (International Health Control).