Two new imported cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in Mayarí at the end of Saturday, May 29, informed Dr. Raudel García Estopiñán, director of public health in the municipality.
The doctor said that this time it is about two people from Russia, with address in the area of Chavaleta and Emilio Núñez street in Mayarí city.
García Estopiñán emphasized that in the last 14 days the territory has reported 22 positive cases to COVID-19, nine of them imported.
The health areas with the highest incidence are Mayarí, Guatemala and Levisa, said the specialist, who added that the number of people in the three active isolation centers is decreasing, where 54 contacts of positive cases remain on Sunday.
In relation to the effects caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the director of public health in Mayari, said that the areas with the highest rate of infestation are Felton and Cosme Batey, so it is necessary to take community action.
Among the topics discussed in the radio appearance of Dr. Raudel García Estopiñán, it stood out that 2290 Mayaricans have already received the second dose of the vaccine candidate Abdala, against COVID-19.
This represents 62 percent of what was foreseen in the stage, above what was planned to date, while the preparation for the population intervention in people between 60 and 69 years of age continues.