26 May, 2020
Diaz-Canel: Africa Can Always Count on Cuba
The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, said on Africa Day that this continent will always be able to count on the island.
The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, said on Africa Day that this continent will always be able to count on the island.
The number of patients recovered from the Covid-19 in Cuba amounts to 1,704, following the discharge in the last hours of 15 people, who are still under epidemiological surveillance.
With a call to end the import mentality and break down all obstacles to development, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel led the review of the country’s food production program.
The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 6 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 1,947 positive cases across the island.
The president of the National Assembly of People’s Power, Esteban Lazo Hernández, sent a message of congratulations to the African peoples, on behalf of the Cuban deputies, on the occasion of Africa Day, celebrated this May 25.
Of 1,941 coronavirus cases reported in Cuba so far, 170 patients had complications and were reported as critical or seriously ill, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) said on Sunday.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Sunday that food production in the country is a priority, as well as the reduction of food exports.
Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, said that the return on Friday of Cubans who were stranded in the United States is the result of the work of both governments.
At the close of yesterday, May 22, 631 patients are admitted to hospitals for epidemiological clinical surveillance. Another thousand 699 people are monitored in their homes, from Primary Health Care.
Under the precept defended by the Cuban Government that nothing can hinder the effort to continue saving lives in the battle against COVID-19, the President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz continued this Friday to the usual meeting with the temporary working group to confront the new coronavirus, where it was confirmed that, despite the complex scenario and the measures taken, the country has maintained its vitality.