Cuba’s 2020 containment of COVID-19
A comprehensive scientifically-based plan
Cuba was as prepared for COVID-19 as any nation could be. It formulated a comprehensive plan, with various institutions working together to formulate and implement a plan, prior to the arrival of the virus on the island. As a result, the virus was effectively contained in 2020, with two relatively mild peaks. But in 2021, due to various external and internal factors, there occurred an explosion of cases. This high third peak reached its highest level in August 2021, which now appears to be under control. In both stages of the struggle against COVID, Cuba has demonstrated the importance of a united front, with governmental officials continually meeting with scientists and specialists in the development and public dissemination of a coherent plan.
The Containment of COVID-19 in 2020
In late January, 2020, a short time following the confirmation in China that the new coronavirus could be transmitted from person-to-person, Cuban scientists formed two teams, one to assess the k…