Entries Published On February, 2021
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Havana: authorities recognize violations and problems in control of COVID-19
The Havana authorities recognized violations and problems in the control of COVID-19 in the city, which has become the epicenter of the current outbreak of the disease in Cuba. During the daily meeting of the Provincial Defense Council (CDP), the main leaders of the Cuban capital “called for looking into the causes that motivate the …
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Coronavirus Vaccine Nears Final Tests in Cuba. Tourists May Be Inoculated.
Amid bread shortages, Cuba gets one step closer to a scientific milestone: the mass production of a coronavirus vaccine invented on the island.
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Mexico could join the third phase of Cuban Soberana 02 vaccine trials
Volunteers from Mexico could participate in the clinical trials of the Cuban Soberana 02 COVID-19 vaccine candidate, according to that country’s government. Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations Marcelo Ebrard said that there is communication between the Secretariat of Health and the laboratory in Cuba which is carrying out the development of this vaccine, so that …
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Role of the private sector in Cuban economy underlined
Minister of Economy Alejandro Gil underlined the role of the private sector (self-employment) in Cuba’s economic revitalization and in the generation of jobs. “The improvement and expansion of self-employment, in addition to the generation of new jobs, will provide the economy with greater vitality, diversification and competitiveness. That is the road to follow. We all …
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Coronavirus: Cuba surpasses 40,000 infections and registers 277 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported that, after the positive diagnosis of 824 people yesterday, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has caused 40,775 infections in Cuba. Most of the cases detected this time are due to autochthonous transmission of the disease (805) and Havana continues to report the largest number of cases; this time with 472, …
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Is it safe to travel to Cuba?
Despite having left 2020 behind, there is still a lot of uncertainty about how the pandemic will evolve and if we will return to “the old normal” soon. It seems that with the arrival of the vaccine we can see the light at the end of the tunnel and most of us are already making …
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Is it safe to travel to Cuba?
Despite having left 2020 behind, there is still a lot of uncertainty about how the pandemic will evolve and if we will return to “the old normal” soon. It seems that with the arrival of the vaccine we can see the light at the end of the tunnel and most of us are already making …
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Cuba Study Group proposes to Biden roadmap to approach Cuba
With the arrival at the White House of Democrat Joe Biden, who was vice president of Barack Obama—the U.S. president who launched the thaw with Havana with the phrase “this conflict began before I was born”—, a basically Cuban-American study and analysis group has launched a document that proposes to the current president that he …
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To Normalize US-Cuban Relations, Restore Working Embassies
Photograph Source: Difference engine – CC BY-SA 4.0 The new Biden administration may soon ease regulations enforcing the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba. However, if Oregon Senator Ron Wyden’s new bill, the U.S.-Cuba Trade Act of 2021, becomes law, the blockade itself will disappear. Meanwhile, the two countries’ embassies in Havana and Washington are dysfunctional. …
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Familias cubanas se capacitan para convivir y educar durante la pandemia
Aparte de las jornadas de maternidad y paternidad iguales en derechos y responsabilidades, que organiza el Cenesex, otras instituciones apoyan a familiares y docentes por Telegram y WhatsApp. La entrada Familias cubanas se capacitan para convivir y educar durante la pandemia se publicó primero en IPS Cuba.
