Health authorities reported on Tuesday that 1.6 million Cubans have received all three doses of Covid-19 vaccine candidates in the different forms administered in the country.

With the circulation of new mutational variants of the SARS-CoV-2 in the province of Holguín, it is observed in the course of the epidemic that the stages of development of the infectious process in the individual have shortened in time, in addition to a sustained rise in the report of positive cases.

Cuba is likely to become the first country in the world to have its entire population vaccinated by the end of 2021 against Covid-19 with its own vaccines, said on Thursday the president of BioCubaFarma, Eduardo Martinez.

The numbers of confirmed and suspected patients admitted, 370 and 305, respectively, are the highest reported in Holguín since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, as by the end of Monday the eastern territory added 39 more cases, including one imported case.