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Coronavirus accumulates 300 deaths in Cuba
On the verge of completing a year in which the WHO declared it a pandemic, COVID-19 has already produced 300 deaths in Cuba, after this Monday, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported four new deaths. Just in February, there have been 84 deaths. This time the victims were four women, two residing in Havana, …
New molecular biology laboratory opens in Guantánamo
A new molecular biology laboratory was inaugurated this February 21 in the province of Guantánamo, in eastern Cuba, for the diagnosis of COVID-19. The headquarters of the Provincial Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology of the territory houses the new laboratory, the 22nd of its kind on the island. According to the information published by the …
Faces and stories of the Parque de la Fraternidad
The daily and cosmopolitan life of Havana has one of its most representative places in the Parque de la Fraternidad. This vast esplanade, with its trees, benches, and monuments, is one of the Cuban capital’s points of greatest confluence, a place of passage and meeting, of rest and contemplation, and even of love dates and …
Casa Madiba, espacio de igualdad, inclusión y equidad
Amaury Vázquez, emprendedor cubano, convirtió su casa en un centro que honra las ideas de Nelson Mandela y beneficia a la comunidad. La entrada Casa Madiba, espacio de igualdad, inclusión y equidad se publicó primero en IPS Cuba.
Boston College women beat Georgia Tech
BOSTON MA. FEBRUARY 21: Boston College’s Taylor Soule hugs Ally Van Timmeren as they celebrate the win over Georgia Tech at Conte Forum on February 21, 2021 in Boston, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald) BOSTON MA. FEBRUARY 21: Boston College’s Taylor Soule, Cameron Swartz and Jaelyn Batts celebrate the win over Georgia …
Soberana 02 vaccine candidate starts large-scale production
The country’s most advanced Cuban prototype COVID-19 vaccine is due to enter phase III of clinical trials in March. La entrada Soberana 02 vaccine candidate starts large-scale production se publicó primero en OnCubaNews English.
More than a thousand coronavirus infections in Cuba, number rises again
Most of the COVID-19 patients are from autochthonous transmission (1,009). Havana continues being the province with the most complicated situation, accounting for 579 cases. The five deceased on the day were from Havana and Santiago de Cuba. La entrada More than a thousand coronavirus infections in Cuba, number rises again se publicó primero en OnCubaNews …
How Cuba’s artists took to the kitchen to earn their crust in lockdown
As Covid pushed the island’s economy to the brink of collapse, musicians and film-makers found another way to be creative – cooking, baking and selling Not far from Havana’s Plaza de la Revolucion, where Che Guevara stares out nine storeys high from the side of Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior, Julio Cesar Imperatori perches on …
Cuban government reaffirms refusal to import for individuals
Minister of Economy Alejandro Gil affirmed that authorizing these imports on a commercial basis “would be a mistake” and “a contradiction with respect to the strategy we are implementing” because, he said, this would lead to the flight of foreign currency from the country, something that the authorities are trying to avoid and the main …
Un análisis de la ciudadanía trans en Cuba
Especialistas proponen conformar en el país un sistema de atención integral más equitativo para cerca de 3.000 transexuales. La entrada Un análisis de la ciudadanía trans en Cuba se publicó primero en IPS Cuba.