Portal Miranda explained that Cárdenas, Colón and Matanzas successfully concluded the health intervention with Abdala. Photo: Bárbara Vasallo / ACN
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Mass vaccination in the remaining seven municipalities, including pregnant women, will begin on July 29, reported José Ángel Portal Miranda, Minister of Public Health, at a meeting chaired by Manuel Marrero Cruz, Prime Minister of Cuba, in this city.
Portal Miranda explained that Cárdenas, Colón and Matanzas successfully concluded the health intervention with Abdala, the first vaccine approved in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as health workers, tourism, airport and some transporters, Limonar and Ciénaga de Zapata are advancing towards the third dose and Los Arabos transits to the second.
At the meeting, the Prime Minister, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), learned of the current epidemiological situation of the western territory, the epicenter of the COVID-19 epidemic, which today has 6,105 cases active and an average of 1,671 daily, according to Mario Sabines Lorenzo, Governor of Matanzas.
A detailed explanation received the Prime Minister on the availability of oxygen for hospitals, the strengthening of primary health care, and the incorporation of 450 private transporters to support the transfer of patients, food, medical supplies and any necessary situation.
Matanzas has made an important advance, and today it exhibits fewer cases than the Cuban capital; an element that shows how much work has been done but at the same time; It shows the contagiousness and the danger that the strain that currently circulates, reflected Marrero Cruz.
The Minister of Public Health highlighted the decisive role played by active investigations to identify symptomatic people early in the communities to cut the transmission of highly contagious strains that circulate in the Matanzas province.
Joel Queipo Ruiz, member of the PCC Secretariat, and Jorge Luis Tapia Fonseca, Deputy Prime Minister, who have been accompanying the authorities of the province for several weeks in the work of confronting the SARS-Cov2 virus, presented their experiences and commented on the system of organized work to obtain real-time information on the health situation.
“Although the figures are still high and the situation is complex, it can be seen from the measures and multifactorial joint work that there are important advances, little by little, said Marrero Cruz, we are not going to trust ourselves, we are in full combat, but it would be fatal go back, “he added.
“Strengthen the measures more, accompany the health intervention with distancing, disinfection, isolation, we need more unity, listen to each other more, better times will come, but we have to get ahead of the current situation,” said the Prime Minister.
Marrero Cruz, also accompanied by Liván Izquierdo Alonso, first secretary of the PCC in Matanzas, exchanged with executives in Cárdenas, one of the municipalities with the highest incidence rate in the country.
“We will initiate health intervention in the population over nineteen years of age in the remaining Matanzas municipalities, and we will also proceed with all pregnant women in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy and also in women who breastfeed; so the province would be in a better situation to complete the entire vaccination scheme in the month of August, “he said.
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“They have worked hard, without discouragement in this province; when even a part of the population could lose confidence and that is why we demand that we not neglect ourselves, that we plan well each step, each task, “he said.
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Portal Miranda, in statements to Radio Rebelde, explained that given the conditions of high transmission in the province of Matanzas, it was decided to start the health intervention in all the other municipalities, including pregnant women, on Thursday 29.
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Asked about the population under 19 years of age, Portal Miranda commented that it is being foreseen, according to the progress of clinical studies; that from September it can begin in the country, an announcement that will be made public soon when all the necessary elements are in place.
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“For now,” Portal Miranda pointed out, “people from Matanzas over 19 years old, pregnant women in the first and second trimesters because they are an important risk group and women who are breastfeeding, who have also stopped this health intervention. The effort demands much more care and dedication, in such a way that we estimate that already in September, we will conclude and Matanzas will be the second province in the nation to undertake a health intervention to a large extent ”.
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On how he describes the evolution of the pandemic in Matanzas, Portal Miranda said that “it is very complex, where it cannot be trusted, but I believe that the actions that are being undertaken may allow us to move towards solving the problem, but for now it remains transmission is very high in the midst of the spread of a strain that is highly contagious ”.
“Consolidating the actions that are being implemented is what will allow us to control the disease, in addition to the health system, the family plays a decisive role, because nothing replaces the individual protection of the person. The truth is that he is on the right track, but we have days to win this fight against covid-19, “he concluded.
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Donation from the Union of Journalists
At the Matanzas press house, the donation was received from the Union of Journalists of Cuba (UPEC) headed by its president Ricardo Ronquillo Bello, with the aim of supporting the Matanzas professionals who work in the union during this fourth outbreak. pandemic.
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A set of hygiene and protection material was the contribution of the UPEC to Matanzas. Photo: Facebook Girón
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Face shields, masks, soaps, hydroalcoholic solutions and antibacterial gels are some of the products that come to help with the sanitation and protection of the press personnel, as well as the rest of the workers who play essential roles within each communication medium, in addition, the donation includes food products.
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According to Ronquillo Bello, the donation was made thanks to the reaction of all the members of the UPEC at the national level as well as some institutions such as the Cuban Red Cross, Suchel, Labiofam and the Cuban Fund for Cultural Assets, as a result of the serious situation the province is going through.
A group of colleagues from the National UPEC traveled to Matanzas to deliver the donation. Photo: Facebook Girón
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Yirmara Torres Hernández, president of the UPEC in Yumurino territory, thanked the help received and recognized the need for means of protection for members of the press who also take risks in their work, including in the red zone of hospitals, “no it is only the material good but the feeling of the people who took away what little they have to give it to the most needy ”.
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During the visit, the national president of the UPEC also expressed his pride towards the Matanzas professionals for the position assumed throughout this period and the firmness with which they assume their role.
The national president of the UPEC during the visit also expressed his pride towards the professionals from Matanzas. Photo: Facebook Girón
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Yobany Gil Ramirez, head of the Ideological Department of the Provincial Committee of the Party in Matanzas, also expressed his gratitude for the donation and expressed his support for the Matanzas press media in the fight for the truth in the midst of the complex epidemiological and social situation in which is the province.
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(With information from ACN, by Barbara Vasallo, José Miguel Solís and Lisbeth Marrero Roque)
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