Cuba ratifies its will to boost and expand collaboration in ALBA-TCP
Havana, Jun 11, 2020.- Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel reiterated on Wednesday the will of his government to boost collaboration with the members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP).
During a virtual meeting with representatives of the member countries, the head of State called for exchanging experiences within the entity to face the aftermaths of Covid-19 crisis in the region.
Cuba reports 8 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours
Havana, June 11, 2020.- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 6 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 2,219 positive cases across the island.
During his daily press briefing held Thursday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up to 12 midnight Wednesday night -- unfortunately, one patient died from the coronavirus. A total of 84 patients have died from COVID-19 in Cuba over the past several months.
Cuban medical brigade in Peru deployed in two groups
Arequipa, Peru, Jun 11, 2020.- The Cuban doctors who are fighting the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in Arequipa, southern Peru, start a new day deployed in two groups, one destined to attend patients admitted into hospitals and the other to investigate new cases.
This is how the 26 physicians who came to work in one of the hardest-hit Peruvian territories in the pandemic were organized, which on Wednesday reported 208,823 cases and 5,903 deaths nationwide.
Cuba decries at Unesco impact of blockade on Covid-19 fight
Paris, Jun 8.- Cuba denounced on Monday at the sixth extraordinary session of Unesco's Executive Board the obstacle that the United States blockade represents to its efforts to deal with the Covid-19.
The pandemic highlights the enormous restrictions imposed by the United States with its economic, commercial and financial siege, which constitutes the main obstacle to access to the necessary medicines, materials and health equipment, said Oscar Leon, the island's representative to the Council, at the virtual forum.
Cuba reports 6 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours
Havana, June 10 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 6 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 2,211 positive cases across the island.
During his daily press briefing held Wednesday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up to 12 midnight Tuesday night -- fortunately, no patients died from the coronavirus.