An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale shook eastern Cuba at 1:00 a.m. on Monday, December 23, and according to preliminary data from the National Seismological Service it was located about 35 kilometers (km) southwest of the town of Chivirico, head of the Santiago municipality of Guamá.

Health workers, students of Medical Sciences and other risk groups, including those from the Tourism sector, the Ministry of the Interior and Transportation in the province of Holguín began to receive single anti-COVID booster doses of Abdala, with the aim of maintaining immunity against the lethal disease.
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The inclusion of patients in the NeuroEpo clinical trial (CT) in mild and moderate Alzheimer's will begin in Holguín next September, after a period of organization and evaluation in the territory, where the study will be assumed by the Provincial Group of CT and will include a multidisciplinary team of neurologists, psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, among other specialties.
Read more Holguín prepares to start NeuroEpo clinical trialThe recent sanction by a Florida court against cruise ship companies aims to frighten those who do business with Cuba and reinforces the ban on U.S. citizens visiting the archipelago, Granma newspaper denounced Wednesday.
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