At the meeting of the temporary group for the prevention and control of COVID-19, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel referred to the country’s priorities in combating the disease, including clarifying details in the approach to local transmission events to cut off the spread.
The President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, insisted this Friday that “our health personnel must protect themselves and we must protect health personnel”, in the face of the threat of Covid-19, a disease that already counts in the world more than two million confirmed cases, 923 of them in Cuba.
Cuba’s Minister of Domestic Trade, Betsy Diaz, reported the implementation of new measures to contribute to the efforts fighting Covid-19.
Chinese President Xi Jinping insisted on maintaining the strict prevention and control of coronavirus outbreak in Hubei Province and its capital Wuhan, although he praised the backdrop of the epidemic.
Chaired by Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, representatives of the central provinces, Matanzas, Sancti Spiritus, Cienfuegos, Ciego de Avila y Villa Clara a regional meeting is held to evaluate the implementation of the strategy on the plan of measures for the prevention and control of the new Coronavirus.
During an extraordinary meeting, the Council of Ministers approved the updating of a plan of measures to address the new coronavirus, previously presented to the Political Bureau in a meeting led by the First Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Army General Raul Castro Ruz.
Finance and Prices Minister Meisi Bolaños called to strengthen financial accounting and control over abusive prices of agricultural products and those charged by private carriers.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel restated on Thursday the importance of control mechanisms in housing policy in the island, where the State redoubles efforts to solve this sensitive problem.
