We are in a position to face and prevent the new COVID-19 coronavirus, Rafael Pérez Fernández, First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) in Guantanamo, said during the development of a working meeting with the main leaders of the different sectors and organizations in the territory.
He said that in Cuba no cases of COVID-19 have been identified until today, however, it is a priority to implement the plan of measures designed in each municipality based on the virus’s presence in the region.
"The population must be informed from national and territorial media and an environment of discipline must be created in the workplace to maintain hygiene and avoid the permanence of workers or users with respiratory symptoms."
For his part, Dr. Roilder Romero Frómeta, Provincial Director of Health said that the entry of people to Cuba is strictly controlled through sanitary control at borders and airports.
Each traveler who comes from the 101 nations so far with confirmed cases of Covid-19 coronavirus is subjected to a surveillance system for about 15 days, and in case of any breathless respiratory symptoms, the conditions of medical assurance for their surveillance are created, isolation and control, said the doctor.
The Provincial Director of Health added that as part of the logistics assurances the territory has eight ambulances, as well as the preparation of the personnel, the correct equipment, as well as the medications and reagents necessary for the differentiated attention before the report of any case.
The plan in Guantanamo to avoid the outbreak of the Covid-19 coronavirus, includes essential measures such as the performance of meeting in the neighborhoods by the doctor and the family nurse, the efficient use of the means of dissemination to timely target the population, In addition to complying with the main preventive measures such as frequent hand washing and eliminating direct contact with those who have respiratory symptoms.