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Jul

15

2020

Cuba reports six new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours

Havana, July 15, 2020-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were six new cases detected of COVID-19, for a total of 2,438 positive cases across the island.

During his daily press briefing held Wednesday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up until 12 midnight Tuesday night -- fortunately, no patients died from the coronavirus. A total of 87 patients have died in Cuba over the past several months.

Jul

14

2020

Turin grants honorary citizenship to head of Cuban medical brigade

Rome, Jul 14, 2020.- The Municipal Council of Turin granted the honorary citizenship of that city in the region of Piedmont to Dr. Julio Guerra, head of the Cuban medical brigade that helped fight Covid-19 there. The president of the municipal body for control and political and administrative affairs, Francisco Sicari, and Mayoress Chiara Appendino, chaired the ceremony to grant the honorary title in the presence of other authorities and representatives of local institutions and organizations.

Jul

14

2020

Renowned and virtuos performers from Cuba, Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, Europe and Africa will come together in “A Concert for Cuba”.

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Jul

14

2020

Cuba reports four new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours

Havana, July 14, 2020-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were four new cases detected of COVID-19, for a total of 2,432 positive cases across the island.

During his daily press briefing held Tuesday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up until 12 midnight Monday night -- fortunately, no patients died from the coronavirus. A total of 87 patients have died in Cuba over the past several months.

Jul

14

2020

Cuba contains the pandemic, but can't be overconfident

Havana, July 14, 2020-- As the world dawned Monday with 222,967 new people infected with COVID-19, two new cases were reported in Cuba, one of them with a source of infection abroad. These figures, although they do not constitute a reason for confidence in the current scenario, speak of how much work is still being done on the island to contain the spread of the disease, which has its current epicenter in the region of the Americas.

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