Entries Published On February, 2021
Two deaths and 893 new infections, as well as this week’s consequences of COVID-19 for Cuba
All Cuban provinces reported infections from the SARS-CoV-2 virus this Tuesday, when the total number of cases decreased to 893, according to the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) report. Guantánamo continues to lead the provinces in terms of incidence rate (253.3 per 100,000), although the easternmost region reported 138 positive cases, much less than the …
Donation with medical supplies arrives at port of Mariel
A donation of hospital equipment and medical supplies such as sanitary and expendable hygienic material arrived yesterday in the port of Mariel coming from Canada and sent by Cubans residing in that country. The content includes artificial respiration fans, general anesthesia machine, hospital beds, wheelchairs, orthopedic, gynecology, clinical laboratory, urology and pediatric equipment, among others. …
Back to Jardines del Rey: travel notes in times of COVID-19
“On the inside, gentlemen, is Guillermo. See how green she is and full of promise.” So wrote Ernest Hemingway in his posthumously published novel, Islands in the Stream, a fictionalized account of the author’s hunt for German submarines off the north coast of Cuba during World War Two. Cayo Guillermo is a small island in …
Cuba registered more children with COVID-19 in January than in all of 2020
Cuba registered around 1,600 pediatric-age patients confirmed with COVID-19 in January of this year, which represents hundreds of infections of children and adolescents more than those reported in all of 2020. The island has reported a total of a 2,882 positive cases for SARS-Cov-2 in that age range since the beginning of the epidemic last …
Economías inclusivas ayudarían a recuperación poscovid en América Latina
El informe de Oxfam Internacional exhorta a una reducción radical y sostenida de la desigualdad, con economías más humanas que cuiden de las personas, libres de toda explotación y con seguridad de ingresos. La entrada Economías inclusivas ayudarían a recuperación poscovid en América Latina se publicó primero en IPS Cuba.