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Dr. Luis Velázquez has directed one of the most humane projects promoted by the Public Health system in recent years: advancing in the search for new therapeutic targets to treat Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 (SCA2), a hereditary and progressive disease of high prevalence in Cuba and mainly in the province of Holguín, whose prevalence and incidence rates have not been surpassed by any other country.

Read more Cirah: Hope for people who suffer from Ataxia

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Esteban Lazo Hernández, president of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba (Parliament), visited communities and places of socio-cultural interest in the province of Holguín, as part of a parliamentary visit to this eastern territory.

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Francisco Durán, national director of Hygiene and Epidemiology, informed in a press conference that there is still a spate of viral infections in the country caused mainly by dengue fever, with increased incidence in the western and central provinces.

Read more Arboviral illnesses still spreading in Cuba

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Russia’s spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova on Wednesday confirmed regular direct flights to Cuba will be resumed as of July 1.

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The health system in the province of Holguín has reinforced epidemiological surveillance in recent days, after the diagnosis of two new positive cases for COVID-19 in the main municipality, which demands a group of measures adopted to contain the disease. Read more Holguín strengthens measures to fight COVID-19