However, COVID-19 presents differences. ECDC will publish updates on the number of cases and deaths reported worldwide and aggregated by week every Thursday. Cuba reported this Friday 1,46 people diagnosed with COVID-19, which brings to 106,707 the total number of confirmed cases with the disease since last year. BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. After the 5-day quarantine and the return of a second negative COVID-19 test, then you may be released from quarantine. On arrival, Cuban doctors will give another mandatory PCR COVID test (“brain poke”) to arriving passengers. Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: Delay in giving 2nd Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine jab improves immunity, says study The Covid emergency in India remains grim as the country continues to register over 3 lakh Covid-19 cases every day. Cuba updates COVID-19 entry rules for foreign tourists. Cuba develops vaccine to combat COVID-19 ... Gerardo Guillen, says a clinical trial is now being held for a vaccine aimed at activating the immune system to combat COVID-19. Cuba Updates Covid-19 Health Protocol for Tourists. Cuba: Authorities maintain stricter COVID-19-related measures in some areas as of mid-December /update 14 Cuban authorities are maintaining stricter COVID-19-related measures in some areas as of mid-December, especially in Pinar del Rio Province. The Cuban Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) updated the sanitary protocol to reduce the chances of contagion with COVID-19 and continue that sector’s operations in the island’s main destinations,. Vaccine Watch: Cuba develops its own COVID-19 vaccines April 1, 2021, 7:03 PM Two of Cuba’s five potential vaccines are now in phase 3 trials, as the island nation hopes to vaccinate all 11 million Cubans by the end of the year. October 16, 2020. by Harry S. Johnson. Havana, April 14 (RHC)—Cuban health authorities reported on Wednesday 959 new infections of Covid-19 and 11 deaths over the last 24 hours. The COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).The virus was confirmed to have spread to Cuba on 11 March 2020 when three Italian tourists tested positive for the virus. ECDC switched to a weekly reporting schedule for the COVID-19 situation worldwide and in the EU/EEA and the UK on 17 December 2020.Hence, all daily updates have been discontinued from 14 December. This costs USD $30; it is sometimes already included in the cost of the plane ticket. A Cuban official said: ”(the sanctions are) the main obstacle not only to respond to major health crises like COVID-19, but the main obstacle to the country's development in any area. All travellers to Cuba will be required to present a negative COVID-19 PCR test result certificate, taken within 72 hours prior to arrival in Cuba. With the latest update, the Caribbean island accumulates 89 404 positive cases and 487 deaths. FILE PHOTO: Medicine students check door to door for people with symptoms amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Havana, Cuba, February 24, 2021. Still current at: 14 May 2021 Updated: 17 February 2021 Latest update: Information about COVID-19 vaccines if you live in Cuba (‘Coronavirus’ page) A worker at Cuba’s Vedado Policlinic gets a shot as part of an interventional study of Cuba’s experimental Soberana 2 Covid-19 vaccine, which is … Cuba began to pour money into biotech in the 1980s, as part of Fidel Castro’s drive to make the nation self-sufficient in the face of a U.S. embargo that made it … Cuba’s public health response to Covid-19 put those neoliberal paradigms to shame. Now it needs an end to the US blockade so it can develop … Dr. Francisco DuránGarcía, national director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health, reported on that day the death of 12 patients due to complications associated with the infection, with which the … And Cuba’s medical solidarity with the peoples of the world is well known. entry/exit health transportation CUB Event. Nurse Yosian Diago checks door-to-door for people with symptoms amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in downtown Havana, Cuba…