AP

After a week in which the cases of contagion of the new coronavirus increased along with the arrival of travelers to the reopened airports of Cuba, the authorities will require diagnostic tests from passengers in their countries of origin before boarding.

A report published this Friday of the meeting held by President Miguel Díaz-Canel and the country’s highest authorities to monitor the confrontation of the pandemic indicated that as of January 10, negative tests will be required of people arriving on the island. sars-cov-2 virus, which causes COVID-19.

The diagnoses must be made in the country from which the travelers depart and must be at most 72 hours old. Upon arriving at Cuba The protocol will continue as it is currently being carried out, that is, two new tests and home isolation will be carried out.

Precisely at the close of Thursday 24 -the figure corresponds to Wednesday- there was the highest number of contagion detections for a day with 217 cases, the highest since the pandemic broke out on March 11. Of these, 101 had as a source infection abroad and the vast majority of the rest are contacts of these people who traveled.

Since airports were reopened on the island in mid-November and coinciding with the festivities, thousands of Cubans residing abroad have returned. For this Friday the report was of confirmed cases was 183.

In total, since March to date, 10,900 infections have been detected through more than 1.3 million tests and of them 140 people died. The figure is low when compared to countries in the region, but this week it showed its growth potential.

“We are not going to blame the relative who came from abroad, we Cubans really have a responsibility,” said the director of Epidemiology, Francisco Durán, highlighting a drop in the risk perception of citizens who receive their visitors with parties and without social distance, go out on the street or go on visits.

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