Etiqueta: Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
22 September, 2020 Speech by the president of the republic of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez at the general debate of the 75th session of the UNGA

Mr. Secretary General, Mr. President, A global pandemic has changed everyday life drastically. From one day to the next, millions of people get infected and thousands die even when their life expectancy was longer thanks to development. Hospital systems with high-level services have collapsed and the health structures of poor countries are affected by their […]

30 May, 2020 Cuba, in 80 Days of Combat to COVID-19

Since last March 11 in Cuba, 2,005 cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed. Just 80 days after those first three patients detected, 161 patients with the new coronavirus are hospitalized in the island; 1,760 have their lives saved and 82 people are mourned.

28 May, 2020 A Downward Trend and Permanent Control

Although numbers continue to mark a decreasing  trend in all COVID-19-related indicators in Cuba, the Government continues the daily check to the country’s epidemiological situation, under the premise of not neglecting for a second this frontal fight to the epidemic, which began at the beginning of March and in which the end point has not yet occurred.

23 May, 2020 Cuba Maintains Its Vitality amid COVID-19 Confrontation

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.

21 May, 2020 This Is No Time to Be Complacent in the Battle against COVID-19

In the midst of the favorable scenario by which the country continues to transit in its battle against Covid-19, the President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz led on Wednesday’s afternoon the meeting of the temporary working group to confront the new coronavirus, which emphasized the need to continue paying attention to all the details, because the success of the implemented actions depends to a large extent on its rigorous compliance.

16 May, 2020 In Front of COVID-19, More Disciplined than Ever in Cuba

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.

14 May, 2020 To Lower Numbers, a Higher Perception of Risk

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.

12 May, 2020 Cuba: A Two-Month Battle Continues

This Monday, which marked two months of the first confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Cuba, confirmed the favorable trend of the latest dates, with 17 positive samples, 36 medical discharges in the day and no deceased: numbers that are the result of the battle of an entire country against an illness affecting four million people in the world and has killed more than 278 thousand.

5 May, 2020 To Continue Facing COVID-19 with Sense of Responsibility

The intense working day on Monday, which began in the Palace of the Revolution with the participation of President of the Republic Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, in the Online Summit level Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement Contact Group under the theme of “United against COVID-19 pandemic”, had as a culmination the usual meeting of the temporary working group for the prevention and control of the new coronavirus, headed daily by the Head of State and the Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz.

5 May, 2020 Adjusting to Reality and Imposing on It with Work

In order to provide an organized response, without improvisation, to the effects the pandemic generated by COVID-19 will have on Cuba’s immediate development, the Council of Ministers approved adjusting this year’s Economy Plan, which will allow to conduct the country more objectively and create the conditions for its recovery.

30 April, 2020 Cuba: With Better Numbers, but We Cannot Be Complacent

As every afternoon since the beginning of March, the President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz led the meeting of the temporary working group for the prevention and control of the new coronavirus, an inviolable appointment in the Palace of Revolution since the first cases of COVID-19 appeared in Cuba, a dangerous disease confirmed until this Wednesday in 1,467 people in the national territory.

28 April, 2020 It Is Essential to Maintain All Measures to Curb Pandemic

When a new week of battle begins to COVID-19 in Cuba begins, whose first day brought encouraging news with 20 confirmed cases and 24 medical discharges in the same day, the government continues the daily analysis of the situation in the national territory, which continues on the favorable curve and therefore demands not to lower its guard for a second.

25 April, 2020 Organization, Essential Premise to Successfully Face COVID-19

Organization, in the most diverse aspects, is an essential principle in the current scenario the country lives in confrontation with COVID-19. This was highlighted during this Friday at the meeting headed by the President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, with the temporary working group for the prevention and control of the new coronavirus.

23 April, 2020 Cuban Government Continues Action to Save Lives

After 43 days after the first cases confirmed to COVID-19 in the country, the Cuban Government, headed by President of the Republic Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, continued on Wednesday the thorough analysis of the implementation of the Plan for the Prevention and Control of the new coronavirus, and its significance to continue saving lives

18 April, 2020 Diaz-Canel Insists on Protection of Health Personnel

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.

10 April, 2020 Decisions Cuba Makes Are to Save Lives

“Cuba has always demonstrated unity, in Revolution, and today unity goes through responsibility, to understand that responsibility and to act with that responsibility,” the President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, remarked  on Thursday as he headed the meeting that every afternoon checks the situation of COVID-19 on the island.

9 April, 2020 Diaz-Canel Calls to Act Responsibly Before Covid-19

“Acting responsibly is how we can contribute to saving human lives,” the President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, insisted on Wednesday afternoon during the meeting that daily evaluates the behavior of the new coronavirus in the country and in which Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz unveiled new measures aimed at containing the progress of COVID-19 in the national territory.

7 April, 2020 Diaz-Canel Insists on Acting with Cooperation, Discipline and Responsibility

Faced with the complex scenario imposed on the country by COVID-19, the President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez confirmed on Monday afternoon the need to act with cooperation, discipline and responsibility, both by the population and by all the institutions working on the confrontation with the pandemic.