Temporary Group for the prevention and control of the new coronavirus in municipality of Colombia

Measures of extreme limitation of citizen mobility will be in force in the municipality of Colombia for at least nine days to cut the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2, which has once again increased in this territory southwest of Las Tunas.

Young Dr. Evelyn Diana Navarro

"Despite having several doctors in my family I did not want to study Medicine, but Social Communication", these are the words of Dr. Evelyn Diana Navarro Fernández, who last July began her professional life. She took the step forward when the country needed it most, in the face of the increase of positive cases of COVID-19.

"Amancio" ended September with the highest rate of autochthonous positives per 100,000 inhabitants

An unprecedented closure of non-essential services is in effect since this Tuesday in the municipality of Amancio, to stop the growing number of cases of the new coronavirus detected in that territory.

Anti-COVID-19 mass vaccination

More than 161,290 people in the province of Las Tunas have completed the vaccination scheme with “Abdala,” while the process continues in the rest of the population with this and other anti-COVID-19 immunogens, as explained Dr. Nilvia Agüero Batista, the coordinator of the Committee of Experts at the head of this health mission.

Most of the antigen tests have been carried out in places that today show the worst epidemiological scenario.

The actions to confront the pandemic, together with the mass vaccination campaign, already show a positive impact in the city of Las Tunas, with a considerable decrease in the incidence rate in the last 15 days.