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21 July, 2020 New measures boost economic management in Cuba

The opening on Monday of shops to sell products in freely convertible currency (FCC), as part of new measures taken by the Government, is aimed at solving Cuba’s economic problems in a complex environment.
20 July, 2020 Cuban professor elected international Covid-19 advisor

Professor Rafael Bello, from the Marta Abreu Central University in Las Villas, was elected along with seven Cuban experts to be a member of the Covid-19 advisory group at the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP).
17 July, 2020 Cuba to maintain centralized economic planning

Deputy Prime Minister and Economy and Planning Minister Alejandro Gil noted on Thursday that Cuba will maintain the centralized economic planning, which he described as a strength of the system.
16 July, 2020 Cuba looks for solutions to end Covid-19

Representatives of the Cuban government reviewed actions implemented to end Covid-19 in the Caribbean nation, where there are no severely or critically ill patients.
15 July, 2020 CR7 and Juventus thank Cuban doctors

Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus praised on Tuesday the Cuban medical brigade´s work and efforts in Italy to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
15 July, 2020 Entrepreneurial meeting on water in Cuba will boost exports

Academic and commercial activities, as part of the 1st International Meeting on Blue Innovation, scheduled from December 3-5 in Cuba, will boost exports of goods and services in the hydric sector, it was reported on Tuesday.
14 July, 2020 Cuba contains the pandemic, but can’t be overconfident

As the world dawned Monday with 222,967 new people infected with COVID-19, two new cases were reported in Cuba, one of them with a source of infection abroad. These figures, although they do not constitute a reason for confidence in the current scenario, speak of how much work is still being done on the island to contain the spread of the disease, which has its current epicenter in the region of the Americas.
14 July, 2020 Cuban health professionals awarded in Italy

The presidency of the Piedmont Regional Council on Monday granted an award for civil merits to the 38 Cuban health professionals who fought Covid-19 along with Italian colleagues in Turin for three months.
13 July, 2020 Cuba could use Russian drug Avifavir against Covid-19

Cuban health authorities said Sunday that if the Russian drug Avifavir shows positive effects in the treatment of patients with Covid-19, it could be added to the care protocol developed in the country against that disease.
13 July, 2020 Cuban medical brigade arrives in Azerbaijan today

A contingent of 115 health specialists from the Cuban medical brigade Henry Reeve arrives today in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, where they will be received by authorities from the Azeri Ministries of Health and Emergency Situations.
9 July, 2020 Havana still aiming for second phase of post-COVID-19 recovery

At the meeting of the temporary working group for the prevention and control of COVID-19 — led daily by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz — Deputy Governor Yanet Hernández Pérez said that two events of local transmission of the disease remain open in Havana: one in Centro Habana and another in Cerro. In the latter, a new case was confirmed on Wednesday, bringing the total to 20.
8 July, 2020 Cuban president participates in virtual ILO Summit

he President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, is participating this Wednesday in the virtual World Leaders’ Day of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work, together with heads of state and government and prominent global employer and trade union leaders.