Mayabeque, Cuba: The 16 contacts of the positive case of COVID-19 diagnosed in Santa Cruz del Norte in recent days were negative in the two real-time PCRs, performed according to the health protocols, declared the municipal epidemiologist, Dr. Magalis Fernández Perera .
The clinical condition of the 67-year-old patient is favorable and he is progressing satisfactorily with the treatments.
The randomized studies and active investigations carried out in the population at risk as part of the focus control actions did not reveal new patients.
To date, in the north of Mayabeque there are two people confirmed with the new coronavirus.
The first report is linked to a collaborator from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the second to an autochthonous case with a source of infection in Havana, the province where he works.
Fernández Perera insisted on the need to maintain social distancing, the use of a mask and constant hand washing even when the presence of the virus in the territory is low.
