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Jun

23

2020

Cuba's two pandemics: The coronavirus and the US embargo

The Trump administration is trying to hinder Cuba's efforts to tackle the coronavirus emergency at home and abroad.

By Josefina Vidal Ferreiro*. Al Jazeera, 22 de junio 2020

Jun

07

2020

Cuban Hospital designated for maternity cases with COVID-19

The Peninsula, June 7, 2020. - Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has implemented several measures to protect pregnant women and new born babies from COVID-19. It has designated Cuban Hospital as a dedicated facility for COVID-19 affected mothers to deliver babies, said Dr. Mai Abdulla Al Qubaisi, Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Women’s Wellness and Research Center (WWRC). All pregnant women going for labour at HMC hospitals are tested for the virus, she added.

Jun

04

2020

Cuban Foreign Minister: “These are times of solidarity and of understanding health as a right”

During a videoconference with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and counterparts in Latin America and the Caribbean, Bruno Rodríguez emphasized health as a right, not a commodity.

Jun

01

2020

Cuba condemns terrorism and political manipulation

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs states its strong rejection of the slanderous inclusion of Cuba in a US State Department list of countries which are allegedly not cooperating fully with US efforts against terrorism that was made public on May 13, 2020 and that was strongly rejected by President Miguel Díaz-Canel.

May

18

2020

‘Indescribable pride’ for Cuban medic in Italy

Gulf Times, May 18, 2020. Taken from AFP. Crema; Italy.- Neither the northern Italian chill nor the unfamiliar language has deterred a young Cuban doctor who for the past two months has been helping in the fight against coronavirus in Europe, thousands of miles from home.

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