Mayabeque, Cuba: The Minister of Public Health, José Ángel Portal Miranda, updates on the epidemiological situation of Matanzas, the epicenter of the pandemic in Cuba, and the corresponding health protocols.
Doctors in the province who were not working are looking for solutions to join the confrontation with Covid-19 in this territory.
The immediate incorporation of the 365 recently graduated students as workers to the Cuban health system is another of the actions taken to contain the spread of the disease.
The Minister also highlights that the country’s university students and especially the 2,375 from medical sciences careers work in field hospitals and carry out active research in the community.
In the province, they have set up field hospitals and are taking measures so that family doctors can return to their offices.
The territory has 112 isolation centers and a capacity of 6,442 beds for Covid-19 positive patients.
In the municipalities Matanzas, Cárdenas and Colón, the massive health intervention concludes this week, while Limonar and the Ciénaga de Zapata are in the process of immunizing the residents.
This week two hotels should be ready that will function as a hospital complex and will be worked by a Henry Reeve brigade that has just returned to the country after giving up their vacations.
In the case of health personnel, 205 doctors and 330 nurses have been hired from other provinces of the country and from the medical services of the Revolutionary Armed Forces.
Specialists from the Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Hospital have also joined the laboratory and strengthened the management process with cadres from the Ministry of Public Health.
In addition, they will continue to enable admission capacities for patients with Covid-19 and opened new spaces for the admission of patients of pediatric age.
The forecasts are not favorable because they point to an increase in cases registered for the next few days.
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