Non-communicable diseases in Cuba are the ones that contribute most to the death of statistics, and not Covid-19, affirmed today the national director of Epidemiology, Francisco Durán.
At the close of yesterday, May 15, 981 patients are admitted to hospitals for epidemiological clinical surveillance. Another 3,365 people are monitored in their homes from Primary Health Care.
In view of the real and encouraging fact of the downward trend in statistics related to Covid-19 in the country, the Cuban government reiterated this Friday the call to maintain discipline, today more than ever, and take responsibility for each of the measures taken to contain the expansion of a disease that has claimed in the world the lives of more than 296 thousand people.
From April 22 to May 12 there has been a decrease in electricity consumption compared to March, which has been made possible by cooler temperatures and a greater awareness of the importance of savings, the Minister of Energy and Mines, Livan Arronte said.
The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, stated that the United States does not cooperate in the fight against terrorism, and is in complicity with those actions against Cuba.
The Cuban permanent representative to international organizations headquartered in this capital, Jose Carlos Rodriguez , signed this Friday a financing deal with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
The number of patients recovered from Covid-19 in Cuba increased to 1,425 with the addition of 42 new medical discharges, the Ministry of Public Health reported. It means 77.4% over all positive cases.
The Coordinator of Cuban Residents in France repudiated this Friday the island’s reincorporation into the US’ unilateral list of countries that do not cooperate in its fight against terrorism, a position described as infamous.
Chinese and Cuban representatives highlighted this Friday the proven effectiveness of human recombinant Interferon alfa 2B (IFNrec), the island’s leading biotechnology product against Covid-19 disease, and also its relevance in the ties of cooperation.
The Pro-Human Rights Committee in Puerto Rico has joined the international demands to nominate the ‘Henry Reeve’ medical brigade for the Nobel Peace Prize.
CIMEX and Tiendas Caribe, in charge of retail sales in Cuba, are working to perfect e-commerce, an essential service amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Jose Moya, representative of the World Health Organization-Pan American Health Organization (WHO-PAHO) in Cuba, highlighted the early response of this country in containing the coronavirus pandemic.
Canada’s Embassy in Havana announced on Thursday to make financial contributions to Caribbean countries, including Cuba, as a way of supporting the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
A new resolution from the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), as well as other laws approved previously, support the measures taken to prevent Covid-19 from spreading in Cuba.
At the close of yesterday, May 13, 46 patients are admitted to hospitals for epidemiological clinical surveillance. Another 2,794 people are monitored in their homes from Primary Health Care.
The news related to Covid-19 in Cuba was again stimulating last Wednesday, with the confirmation of only six cases, the lowest figure since the end of March. . 49 medical discharges granted in the day join to it: a favorable trend consolidating in the country and marks a crucial point in the confrontation with the pandemic.
Cuba’s authorities, led by President Miguel Diaz-Canel, reiterated this Wednesday the need to keep observing preventive measures to fight against Covid-19, 63 days after the first cases were confirmed in the island.
Cuba provides equal medical care to nationals and foreigners in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic from the point of view of prevention, diagnosis and treatment, assured this Wednesday authorities from the Ministry of Public Health.
Cuba maintains its demand for answers about the terrorist attack on its embassy in the United States on April 30, while it denounces US authorities’ silence about it.
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 1,783 positive cases across the island.
