The Cuban Government reiterated its position to maintain the measures applied in the country against COVID-19 and not to let its guard down in the face of the epidemic, even with the tendency to decrease in the number of confirmed per day, 6 on Monday, and in the number of active patients, 159 out of 1,947 since the disease reached the island.
The National Director of Epidemiology, of the Ministry of Public Health, Francisco Duran, reported that 39 new cases were confirmed with COVID-19, for a total of in Cuba, and announced the death of 52-year-old Cuban citizen from Villa Clara, who had a history of diabetes mellitus, high blood pressure and chronic pneumopathy.
At the close of Monday, March 23, eight new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed, for a total of 48 in the island.
In evaluating the implementation of the Housing Policy in the country until October, the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, indicated that the new houses must be comfortable and durable.
Salvador Valdes Mesa, First Vice-President of the Councils of State and Ministers, advocated in Pinar Del Rio for increasing import substitution.
Bajo el lema Unidad, Compromiso y Victoria se apresta la clase obrera de Pinar del Río a festejar en la cuidad, pueblos, poblados y caseríos el Primero de Mayo con metas de interés para la producción de alimentos, el ahorro y sustitución de importaciones.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel toured the municipality of Batabano, in the western province of Mayabeque, one of those affected by Hurricane Michael.
Army Corps General Leopoldo Cintra Frias, Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), presided in Pinar del Rio the meeting of the Defense Council next to Major General Ramon Pardo Guerra, Chief of the Civil Defense National General Staff.
Due to the proximity and influence of the cloud and rain bands associated with Hurricane Michael, once declared the informative phase, measures are taken in Pinar del Rio province according to this stage.
