Díaz-Canel accepts credentials from new ambassadors from Spain, Haiti, Benin, Guinea Bissau, Ethiopia, Indonesia and Mali; as well as those from Iceland, Tonga and Mauritania virtually, due to COVID-19.
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At the close of yesterday, 10,136 samples were tested for the COVID-19, resulting in 201 positive samples. Thus, the country currently accumulates one million 542 thousand 178 samples tested to date, with 13 thousand 165 positive samples (the 0.85%).
It was decided that the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Matanzas and Villa Clara go backward to the Phase III of the recovery stage. The decision to change their recovery phase is not homogeneous for all their municipalities, as this depends on the particularities of each of them.
Given the increase in the number of cases of Covid-19 detected after the opening of its international airports, Cuba is reinforcing as of Tuesday the actions to fight this disease generated by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
Cuba studied 8,754 samples for COVID 19, resulting in 224 positive ones, accumulating 1, 532, 042 PCR tests carried out and a total of 12,964 diagnosed.
Fidel continues to command his rebel armies in a Freedom Caravan that has traveled across Cuba every January since 1959, making clear that the memory of that transcendental event in the country's history continues to inspire new victories in the many battles Cubans face.
On this first day of 2021, the monetary reform implementation got underway in Cuba. The measure constitutes an unavoidable need and an indispensable step to advance the country's economic strategy.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel called on his compatriots to maintain unity to confront the challenges of 2021, following the end of a complex year.
Doctors who faced the COVID-19 in Kuwait return to Cuba Welcome to the Homeland. #CubaSalvaVidas #CubaViva, wrote on Twitter Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic of Cuba.
Some 100 members of the Henry Reeve International Medical Contingent will return to Cuba on Sunday, after working for six months along with health personnel from Kuwait to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cuba's Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) informed on Saturday that despite the health Covid-19 crisis, the country registered in 2020 an infant mortality rate of 4.9 per every 1,000 live births.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel recognized on Monday healthcare professionals at the main event for the 5th anniversary of the International Siboney Clinic in Havana.
A total of 10,024 samples were tested for the COVID-19, resulting in 316 positive samples. Thus, the country currently accumulates one million 523 thousand 288 samples tested to date, with 12 thousand 740 positive samples (the 0.84%).