Havana, July 15 (RHC)-- Cuban authorities called on people to enjoy the summer with responsibility and discipline, while working to close the gap on COVID-19 and recover the nation's daily life as soon as possible.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said he would take measures to avoid overcrowding in recreational areas for better enjoyment of the summer period despite the pandemic.

On Tuesday, during the daily meeting to check the epidemiological situation, headed by President Miguel Díaz-Canel, the large influx of people to the beaches was analyzed, mainly in Havana and Varadero, a resort in the western province of Matanzas.

The head of government guided the directors of those territories to diversify the gastronomic offerings to the population, open new points of sale and physically separate the service spaces, to avoid the presence of many people in them.

Similarly, Marrero insisted on the importance of adjusting transport schedules to avoid people staying late at night on the beaches.

According to Health Minister José Ángel Portal, 94 percent of the country's patients have recovered and continue to suffer from the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, with only 67 of the 2,432 people infected since March.

Most of them are from Havana, a province that is still in the first of three phases established for the gradual return to normal, while the rest of the nation is already in the second phase and has been free of new infections for more than 10 days.