Since November 15th, 2021, the Cuban government has opened the country's borders to international travellers and the airports are operating normally. Upon arrival in the country, visitors must present the complete vaccination certificate and show a negative RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2, carried out a maximum of 72 hours before the trip.
The opening of the country responds to the progressive control of the pandemic in Cuba, the progress in the vaccination of the fully immunized population, which has allowed the creation of adequate and safe conditions for the free mobility of visitors, among other elements of the strategy to confront the pandemic in the country, which confirm that Cuba is a safe destination for the arrival of visitors, the functioning of the tourist infrastructure, the development of hotel, cultural and recreational activities.
As of January 22, 2022, 94.3% of the entire Cuban population and 99.8% of the vaccinable population in the country had received at least one dose of any of the Cuban vaccines. A total of 87.6% had completed the vaccination schedule with three doses, and 42.6% had received a booster dose in selected territories and risk groups. In total, 33,659,922 doses had been administered between the clinical trials, the intervention study, the health intervention and mass vaccination with Abdala, Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus, Cuban vaccines against Covid-19 Source: Website https://www.paho.org/es/reportes-situacion-covid-19-cuba
The daily reports of the Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Cuba regarding the country's epidemiological situation can be consulted on the website of that Ministry: https://salud.msp.gob.cu/
At the close of the report on January 12 at 12:00 a.m., there were 898 positive SARS-COV-2 cases and 1,083 medical discharges. 13,778 patients were hospitalized, including 8,862 suspected, 107 under surveillance and 4,809 confirmed. Forty-one confirmed patients, including 20 critically ill and 21 seriously ill, are being treated in intensive care units.
Cuba has accumulated 1,047,392 (98.7%) of patients recovered from COVID-19 up to February 12, 2022, since the beginning of the pandemic on March 11, 2020.
As of February 12, 2022, there were 8,472 deaths, with a case mortality rate of 0.80% versus 1.42% in the world and 1.79% in the Americas.
The provinces of the country with the highest number of cases in the country as of February 12 are: Holguin: 173 cases, Ciego de Avila: 117 cases, Sancti Spiritus: 113 cases, Matanzas: 97 cases. The capital of the country, Havana, had only 24 cases on this date.
(EmbaCubaAustria/Cubaminrex)