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   Israel Velázquez Batista, municipal director of Public Health, emphasized today that the quality of the investigation is key to containing COVID-19 in the special municipality, where the epidemiological situation is highly complex.
 He specified that, in response to the problems detected in the recent ministerial visit related to the clinical-epidemiological management of the pandemic, it was decided to reinforce the survey in the communities of cases with symptoms suggestive of SARS CoV-2 with the participation of 202 students from Medical Sciences.
 The purpose is to stratify the active investigations at the request of primary health care, which allow the timely transit of suspects through the care system in accordance with what is signed in the action protocols in primary care, commented the health authority.
 He stressed that among the main points of the comprehensive commission of the Ministry of Public Health were the low perception of risk in some professionals in the field, the inadequate follow-up of the evaluating units to patients isolated at home and non-compliance with the flowcharts in the bodies of guard of polyclinics and in the hospital.
 At a meeting of the temporary working group (GTT) for the prevention and control of the new coronavirus, Zunilda García Garcés, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and first secretary in the municipality, called for an increase in the number of diagnoses to approximate what possible to the epidemiological reality of the territory.

   Likewise, he urged to be more agile in the communication of the results of the PCR (polymerase chain reaction, for its acronym) and the SUMA antigen test (Ultra Micro Analytical System), in order to reduce the chain of contagion. and avoid uncertainty in the population, whose scenario is still complex and worrying.
 Velázquez Batista specified that, although incidence rates below one thousand per 100 thousand inhabitants have been reported in recent days, the territory continues to be classified as high risk, where the Omicron and Delta variants prevail, the latter being the most lethal. Precisely because of the circulation of these strains, a possible regrowth is expected with increases higher than those registered in this special municipality at the beginning of the third wave, he said.
 He signified the importance of intersectorality from the GTT to the multifactorial groups, in charge at the request of popular councils of the epidemiological follow-up of those infected, in order to reduce the number of patients who reach serious and critical states, and avoid the increase of deceased people.
 This island, with 83,479 residents, is going through the worst moment in the almost two years that the pandemic has scourged Cuba; It has accumulated 4,082 positives for SARS-CoV-2 and 25 deaths since the first case was confirmed on April 4, 2020 to date, she said .
 The Cuban Ministry of Public Health reported today in its daily report five new positive cases of coronavirus in this territory, all contacts of confirmed cases..
 

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 The Isla de la Juventud Construction Materials company (IMATCO for its acronym) implements a retail sales system that, after fulfilling its state order, benefits natural persons interested in building or maintaining their homes.
 We almost always carry out these sales to the population at the end of the month, once our mission has been fulfilled – in support of the housing program – with Internal Trade and construction companies, own investments and planned maintenance in other state entities in the territory, said Heydi Turró , commercial specialist.
 The also union leader added that through the institutional web page they promote the different assortments among which they stand out for their acceptance: masonry cement mortar, Creole blocks, 10 and 15 centimeter concrete blocks and clay, as well as lime paints and mineral based.
 Those interested can purchase these assortments using their magnetic card through tranfermóvil, because the company does not have a POS (terminal point of sale), said the young woman.
 These actions with the collective contest allow us to bring the productions closer to the population and also advance in our state order, thanks to the ordering task because we always ended up with losses despite fulfilling the plans, said Rubisney Hernández, general director.
 Leticia Jeréz, secretary general of the Municipal Bureau of Construction Workers, specified that this entity is now in a frank recovery process, due to the decapitalization suffered for years, for whose debts with the bank it came to operate with only 30 percent of the entered capital.
 Already in the second half of 2021 we materialized several of these productive actions. In each basic unit we established as a rule the reuse of industrial waste in search of reducing costs, environmental impact and diversifying lines, explained Hernández.
 He pointed out that in the Cerámica Roja factory, the production of rasilla was introduced, a Creole alternative to the deficit of imported blanket to respond to the leaking of roofs of multi-family buildings, one of the most recurrent approaches in the Accountability Assemblies of delegates to their constituents.
 The business reorganization is a call to be more efficient, therefore, in affiliate meetings, quality is a recurring theme and the workers are aware that producing more, adjusted to industrial requirements, generates income for the company and affects salary remuneration. 

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An extensive investment program for the prospective development of the coastal community of Cocodrilo is making significant progress, the highest authorities of the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud confirmed on site.
This enclave – some one hundred kilometers (km) from the main city – is included among the 35 localities in vulnerable conditions identified by the local government, where members of the Leoncio Vidal Contingent from the province of Villa Clara undertake the repair of 50 km of road, the largest work.
Evelio Lavadie, constituency delegate, said that from October to date, eight km of compacted road connecting Cayo Piedra with that site were built, one of the first works carried out by the Revolution, to reach that point where –before January of 1959 – it was only possible to access by sea.
The finishing process of the first road maintenance includes asphalt irrigation by inverted penetration (gravel with ink), which will strengthen that structure, exposed for decades to logical deterioration, he pointed out.
He added that once the two remaining kilometers from last year are completed, the other ten corresponding to the current one will be completed.
As of today, a brigade of non-state workers undertakes the execution of the plan for 24 dwellings, of which progress is being made in the construction of eight of the traditional type, which according to the project will consist of two rooms and the third progressive (so that their inhabitant completes it), portal, living room, kitchen-dining room and terrace, he said.
He specified that this Saturday the constructive actions of the social circle will begin, one of the most heartfelt demands of the population, whose resources are in situ.
We are also going to work on the recovery of the community radio station, a short-range station, serving the information needs of the 346 inhabitants, he informed.
He commented that the start-up of the desalination plant is estimated for next May, aimed at improving the physical-chemical parameters of water for human consumption, a donation from a Japanese non-governmental organization, equipment that is protected in the place of site.
In the South of Isla de la Juventud –Ramsar Site, because it has a wetland of international importance– it is the geographic location of Cocodrilo, whose homes have telephone service and a rural community, where the migration to digital television was tested in Cuba on June 15, 2015.
Lavadie thanked the electorate for the possibility of exchanging with the authorities at the end of each investment review, which will provide superior benefits to this agricultural and fishing enclave, where, with the promotion of the use of renewable energy sources, conditions are created for the development of sustainable tourism.
 

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Alberto Hechevarria Gonzalez entered the history of the national classic through the wide door, when his performance in the box helped the Pirates of Isla de la Juventud to whiten the Cubs of Holguín in the 61st edition.

   Armando Jonhson Zaldivar -manager of the local team- commented that in this second particular match between both teams at the Cristobal Labra stadium, the 17-year-old pitcher was confident, with the control of a veteran and a varied repertoire, he also knew how to dominate the rival battery, characterized by a high offensive level.

   I am happy with my first triumph, I am grateful for the opportunity and the confidence that the director gave me. I studied each batter, I paid attention to the count to better select the pitch and avoid high balls... there was a lot of wind, said Hechevarria Gonzalez, who only allowed two hits in five innings.

   The rookie marked with number 19 came out in the third inning to the aid of starter Miguel Angel Lastras Gonzalez (injured in the shoulder) to work until the seventh inning, when he was relieved by closer Franky Quintana Gamboa, who scored his first point per saved game.

   This is a fighting team, the boys knew how to play better, they had an excellent performance, especially the pitchers, who did not give freedom to our hitters, and now with the return of Armando Johnson Zaldívar no one can be careless, because this squad is at the level of the others, said Hector Hernandez Martin, technical director of the Holguin team.

   He added that his perspective is always to win the sub-series, defeats surprise him because they are not planned, he also felt the absence in the lineup of key players such as Yordan Manduley and Edilse Silva, while he said that Maikel Caceres is playing with limitations, reasons why which the offense has been a bit decimated.

   With the first sweep in the 61st SNB of the Piratas against the Holguín Cubs at the Cristóbal Labra, Jonhson Zaldivar's pupils accumulate two wins and three losses and wait in their headquarters for the Alazanes from Granma.