Just 24 hours later, the IPK National Reference Laboratory reported that three of the four isolated tourists had tested positive for SARS CoV-2. That same day the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic, and on this side of the Atlantic, Cuba began to live the story of the epidemic of this virus, the daily monitoring of the parties, seeing the rise and download the numbers of confirmed, suspects, entered, contacts ...
A fight began that today, just one year after the first reports of the disease in the country, continues to be intense. Arguably decisive, in days when the Caribbean nation is experiencing the most difficult wave of infections to control to date, and before which saving lives is the main premise.
Prevention and anticipation of risk allowed the infection and its rapid transmission not to surprise the country without an organized strategy, which would make it possible to act in a timely manner in search of disease control.