The International Book Fair of Havana has been postponed for the month of April by the Ministry of Culture, due to the rise in covid-19 that the Island lives after the arrival of the omicron variant. The thirteenth edition of the event has had to be postponed according to institutional sources.
“The measure responds to the epidemiological situation facing the region, where the largest number of visitors to this cultural event come from each year. Related to this, it has been taken into account that this important event is the one with the largest popular call of those that institutions of culture in Cuba carry out,” the informative note points out.
They also explain that the postponement was made in response to a proposal from the Cuban Book Institute.
This year, Mexico is the Guest of Honor Country and the date announced was from February 10 to 20. As a consequence, the calendar of the replication of the Fair in all the provinces was also modified.
The postponement was made in response to a proposal from the Cuban Book Institute, according to institutional sources
At the close of this Friday, January 21, Cuba reported 3,401 new cases of covid-19 and five deaths, according to The Ministry of Health reported this Saturday in your diary. A week ago the country exceeded one million cases of coronavirus since the first contagion was detected in March 2020.
In November, given the improvement in the epidemiological situation, schools were reopened and international tourism, a key sector for the economy, was reactivated. Some services were also reactivated and cultural activities in cinemas and theaters resumed. However, in recent weeks some events have had to be canceled or postponed.
The National Meeting of Troubadours Longina Sings to Corona it also postponed its twenty-fifth edition due to the current incidence of the pandemic. The event was scheduled for January 6 to 9, but all face-to-face activities were postponed until further notice.
According to official data, more than 87% of the country’s total population -11.2 million inhabitants- have received the complete schedule of three doses of one of the three Cuban-made vaccines against covid-19: Abdala, Soberana 02 and Sovereign Plus.
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