Yolanda Rivas, Second Secretary for Political and Cultural Affairs of the Canadian Embassy in Cuba, visited the city of Holguín in eastern Cuba. Rivas held meetings with government authorities and political and mass organizations in the territory.
90 percent of the population of the province of Holguín, which exceeds one million inhabitants, already has the complete anti-COVID-19 vaccination scheme, after the application of the Cuban immunogen Abdala, with 100 percent effectiveness in the prevention of serious illness and death.
Given the gradual increase of positives to SARS-CoV-2 since the first week of this year and forecasts of a new wave in the world of cases at risk of being infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the province's health system introduced variations to the established protocol in the diagnosis and clinical management of patients confirmed with COVID-19, as well as suspects and first-order contacts of the positives.
Two members of the Holguín baseball team " Los Cachorros " tested positive for COVID-19, which is why it was necessary to stop the training sessions being carried out at the Calixto García Íñiguez stadium, less than two weeks to start the 61st National Baseball Series.