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03

2020

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

Havana, August 3, 2020.- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported 24 new cases detected yesterday of COVID-19, for a total of 2,670 positive cases across the island.

During his daily press briefing held Monday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up until 12 midnight Sunday night -- fortunately, no patients died from the coronavirus. This is the 22nd consecutive day there have been no deaths from the virus in Cuba. A total of 87 patients have died in Cuba over the past several months.

Jul

03

2020

U.S. congressman denounces damages to Cuba due to blockade

The economic and social damage to Cuba resulting from the U.S. blockade prevents development and cooperation at unimaginable levels, said on Friday representative of Illinois to the U.S. Congress Bobby L. Rush.

Rush, who two days ago reintroduced a bill to normalize relations with Cuba, assured today on his official website and on Twitter that he will never cease in his efforts to see the links between both nations normalized.

Jul

01

2020

Cuba helps contain Covid-19 pandemic in Andorra

Madrid, Jun 30, 2020.- Enrique Perez, head of the Cuban medical brigade in Andorra, on Tuesday highlighted the results achieved by the island's health workers during the three months they were fighting the coronavirus pandemic in that small European country.

Through a videoconference with Prensa Latina from Andorra la Vella, capital of the Principality of Andorra located high in the east Pyrenees Mountains, Perez stressed that the 39 Cuban health professionals contributed to bend the contagion curve of the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus, causing the Covid-19 disease.

Jul

01

2020

Cuba says in UN that poverty could be eradicate if opportunities and rights are created for all

New York, June 30, 2020.- Cuba participated today in the Virtual high-level meeting for the launching of the Alliance for Poverty Eradication, an initiative promoted by the Nigerian President of the 74 session of the General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande.

Jul

01

2020

The trend towards control of COVID-19 in Cuba continues

Havana, July 1, 2020-- With one case reported during the day on Monday and the closing of the local transmission event in the Havana municipality of La Lisa, Cuba maintains the trend of control of COVID-19.

In view of Cuba's numbers, which continue to be really encouraging -- only 39 confirmed persons and 95% of patients already recovered -- Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz insisted on not letting down our guard with the active investigations in the communities, which have given so much results in the fight against the pandemic.

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