alejandro gilThe Minister of Economy and Planning Alejandro Gil Fernandez announced a series of steps to speed up the recovery of the island's economy.

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dc ian recuperacionjpgThe first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (CC-PCC) and president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel headed a meeting to examine the recovery efforts after the passage of Hurricane Ian through the western region of the country.

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Dr argelio hdez primer gibaDoctor Argelio Hernández was the first to receive the dose of the vaccine candidate Abdala in Gibara. Photo: Gibara Vision

The health intervention with the anti-Covid-19 Abdala vaccine candidate began today in the province of Holguín with health workers, students of Medical Sciences and other vulnerable people exposed to the transmission of the disease in the territory.

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VirusVariante

Cuba is prepared for the most worrying mutation of SARS-CoV-2 so far, the E484K, which decreases to a greater extent the neutralizing capacity of antibodies, both in convalescents and vaccinated people.

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portal miranda1Photo: ACN

Cuban Public Health Minister Jose Angel Portal Miranda informed that the country is now under the community transmission phase for COVID-19 given the high contagious impact by the virus and the increase of its incidence levels over the past 15 days, add to this the circulation of highly contagious variants of the SARS-CoV-2.

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