Havana on November 30 (ACN) First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel BermudezToday, I highlighted that in the face of the new strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19, called “micron”, the country is strengthening its control over international travelers.
We are not closing the borders, the President said in a message posted on his Twitter account, and stressed that Cuba will adopt measures to preserve what we have achieved in terms of controlling COVID-19.
“Due to the emergence of the new variant called Ómicron, #Cuba will adopt measures to preserve what we have achieved. We are not closing borders. We are strengthening control of international travelers. MINSAPCuba provides details. #CubaVive,” Díaz-Canel tweeted.
Before the advent of the new variant called Ómicron, # Cuba You will take steps to preserve what we have achieved. We do not close the borders. We strengthen control over international travelers.Tweet embed Offer details. #CubaVivehttps://t.co/KrivT4h2LChttps://t.co/Nolkamyb6b
– Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermúdez (DiazCanelB) November 30, 2021
The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) announced this Monday that the World Health Organization has classified Micron as an alternative “of concern”, and given this scenario, Cuba has decided to implement new measures to strengthen the monitoring of international travelers.
The health entity reported that from December 4, travelers from: South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Malawi and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) will have to meet specific requirements when entering the country.
They must provide at the point of entry a complete schedule of vaccination, as well as the negative result of RT-PCR that was performed no later than 72 hours before the flight.
In the same way, samples for SARS-CoV-2 PCR-RT will be collected at the point of entry; Compulsory quarantine will be applied to them for a period of seven days in a hotel designated for this purpose, provided that the traveler will bear the costs of accommodation and transportation; A new SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR sample will be taken on day 6, which if negative will be discharged from quarantine on day 7.
I read here. Cuba will implement new measures to control travelers in the face of a new type of coronavirus: micron (+ video)
With the exception of quarantine and RT-PCR on the sixth day, the same procedures as in the previous countries will be applied to travelers from Belgium, Israel, Hong Kong, Egypt and Turkey.
In addition to the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa such as Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea and Guinea Bissau. , Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania Togo, Uganda, Djibouti and Zambia.
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