Health

17 March, 2020 Cuba to allow british cruise ship dock with COVID-19 cases

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has confirmed on Monday that this country will receive the British cruise ship MS Braemar, with a small number of passengers infected with the coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, after a request by the government of that European nation.

10 March, 2020 Cuba takes measures to detect COVID-19

Cuba has taken surveillance and control measures in all international points of access to prevent the arrival in the country of any person carrying the new COVID-19 coronavirus.

9 March, 2020 Cuban mass organizations to instruct people about COVID-19

Mass organizations such as the Federation of Cuban Women and the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution will participate in the training of citizens to deal with COVID-19 in Cuba, where no cases have been reported so far.

2 March, 2020 Diaz-Canel praises Cuban doctors’ work

Cuban physicians and other medical professionals and technicians are an exceptional force, President Miguel Diaz-Canel wrote on his Twitter account on Monday.

13 February, 2020 Cuba highlights importance of child immunization

The Cuban Minister of Public Health, Jose Angel Portal, reminded today in a message on the social network Twitter that Cuban children are protected by ’11 vaccines, of which eight are of national production.

9 January, 2020 International project supports fight against cancer in Cuba

A technical cooperation project between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Territorial Oncology Center (COT) in this province was launched this year to improve the quality of medical services in radiotherapy and nuclear medicine in eastern Cuba.