-In Belgium, the use of a mask indoors will be optional
-Ómicron majority variant in Paraguay
-Cuba’s advances in anti-Covid-19 vaccination continue
-Costa Rica recorded 1,772 new cases of Covid-19
Belgium
Brussels, March 4 (Prensa Latina) Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo announced today that starting next Monday the use of a mask indoors will be optional, with some exceptions.
De Croo specified that in public transport and health centers it will be necessary to wear protective masks.
Today we turn an important page, as the main restrictions imposed during the pandemic end because our level of alert lowered, he explained.
Paraguay
Asunción, Mar 4 (Prensa Latina) 99.5 percent of current Covid-19 infections in Paraguay are due to the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes the disease, a local expert declared today.
This form of the virus, detected in the country at the end of 2021, grew in January and February, the latter in which most of the total number of infected became ill, added the director of the Central Laboratory, Carolina Aquino.
Cuba
Havana, Mar 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuba’s progress in the mass vaccination and reinforcement processes against Covid-19 continued as the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported today increases in both indices.
A total of nine million 884 thousand 967 people have the entire conceived scheme, 89.2 percent of the inhabitants, and five million 706 thousand 407 received the fourth booster dose, according to data released by that State portfolio.
Costa Rica
San José, Mar 4 (Prensa Latina) Costa Rica recorded 1,772 new cases of Covid-19, to add today 812,812 confirmed since March 2020, when the pandemic began, indicates the report from the Ministry of Health.
The report, published on the website of that portfolio, specifies that of the total number of new cases, 256 were due to an epidemiological link (cohabiting with a person confirmed by PCR who has symptoms) and 1,516 by laboratory (PCR test).
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