
In Holguín, various facilities were prepared as isolation centers. Photo: ACN
The province of Holguín closed 2025 with an infant mortality rate of 6.42 per thousand live births, the fourth lowest in the country and the lowest in eastern Cuba, despite having experienced one of the most difficult years for Cuba and its healthcare system.
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Videoconferencing platforms such as Zoom currently allow international organizations to hold online events during Covid-19, but it is difficult for Cuba to participate because this and other tools are banned due to their US origin.

The province of Holguín closed the first quarter of 2021 with a complex epidemiological situation due to COVID-19 pandemic, by maintaining a sustained autochthonous transmission and dispersion of the SARS-CoV-2 viral load in most municipalities.
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