To know preventive details about coronavirus pneumonia 2019 (COVID-19), a respiratory condition that can spread from person to person and that appeared on December 31 in China, where on January 7, the health alarm came up, Dr. Alfredo Leal Gutiérrez, specialist in Hygiene and Epidemiology and head of the Program of Acute Respiratory Infections and Tuberculosis, of the Provincial Center of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, announced that the first thing to consider at this time is the check of Cuban or foreigner travelers at borders, that is, in ports, airports and marine.