The circulation of the BA-2 variant of the strain Omicron, of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has been confirmed in ten Cuban provinces. Dr. Francisco Durán, National Director of Epidemiology, explained this week that this variant maintains less virulence, but it is the one with the highest contagiousness, so it is necessary to maintain hygienic-sanitary measures in order to avoid infection. COVID-19.
The expert, quoted by the official newspaper Granmaclarified that having suffered from the disease leaves a certain immunity in people, not very long-lasting, which, together with the application of the vaccines, exert a favorable combination for the decrease in transmission.
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At the same time, the Cuban Government and the health authorities agreed on the convenience of applying the first booster dose with the Cuban anti-COVID-19 vaccines to adolescents and young people between the ages of 12 and 18, who have turned six months of the complete scheme of the primary vaccination.
This new vaccination campaign will cover nearly 848,000 individuals of these ages. Until now, the booster dose was applicable to people 19 years of age and older, the official Cubadebate website.
According to the data handled by these sources, in Cuba the vaccination process reaches 95.7% of the population with the complete scheme and 76.6 with booster doses.
As of 4/11, 10,643,343 people have received a dose of one of the Cuban vaccines SOBERANA 02, SOBERANA Plus and ABDALA. Of these, 9,395,482 already have the 2nd dose and 9,081,915 the 3rd dose.
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Regarding the evolution of the pandemic, the doctor of Sciences Raúl Guinovart Díaz, dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computing of the University of Havana, exposed during the usual meeting with the highest leadership of the country that the forecast models indicate that the trend is towards a decrease in positive cases.
The specialist pointed out that during the past week, the most complex situation occurred in the province of Mayabeque, although others in the west such as Pinar del Río, Artemisa and Havana, had an increase in the incidence of cases, adds the media.
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The provinces of Matanzas, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos and Sancti Spíritus have had a substantial improvement, and in the eastern region only Camagüey increased the incidence in this period, according to Guinovart Díaz.
Official data indicates that in the most recent weeks Cuba has reported daily figures of infections that range between 60 and 80 confirmed cases and a downward trend in deaths caused by the disease that maintain the mortality rate of 0.79%, lower than that of 1.78% reported by America and that of 1.24% in the world.
