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CUBA | Cuba's Washington Embassy attacked by firearm bandits : No Victims

WASHINGTON DC, April 30, 2020 - Cuba's Embassy in the United States was attacked in the early hours on Thursday, after an unknown individual opened fire on the facade of the building.

April 30, 2020
Published in Caribbean

Measures to stimulate the birth rate include greater attention and protection for pregnant women and working parents, both mothers and fathers. Photo: Juvenal Balán

CUBA Studying measures to stimulate island's birth rate

HAVANA, Cuba, April 29, 2020 - The government of Cuba is looking towards the implementation of a series of special measures aimed at addressing the important questions of declining population, low fertility levels and increased aging.

April 29, 2020
Published in Lifestyle

Novatec workers making every effort to increase production in times of COVID-19. Photo: ACN

Another COVID-19 medication under development in Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba, April 29, 2020 - MedSol Laboratories is working to develop the antiretroviral medication Kaletra, a drug that has shown its effectiveness worldwide in combating COVID-19.

April 29, 2020
Published in Health

CUBA | New Cuban drug to strengthen natural immunity in trial phase

HAVANA, Cuba, April 29, 2020 - Given the threat posed by the new coronavirus, it is encouraging to learn that trials are underway in Cuba of a vaccine to strengthen innate immunity, to help reduce the risk of infectious agents entering the human body.

April 29, 2020
Published in Health

Sample of the products made by FarmaCuba, Havana, Cuba, April, 2020. . | Photo: Twitter/ @farmacuba1

CUBA | US Prevents Cuba From Acquiring Pharmaceutical Raw Materials

HAVANA, Cuba, April 28, 2020 - Director of the FarmaCuba pharmaceutical business group, Neyra Muguercia, says the U.S. economic blockade of Cuba is severely preventing her country from acquiring raw material for the production of drugs in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 29, 2020
Published in Business & Economy

Cuba sends doctors worldwide to fight Covid-19

Havana, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) About 1,450 Cuban health specialists have recently traveled to several countries to fight the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, a pandemic that is currently affecting the vast majority of nations.

April 28, 2020
Published in Agriculture

CUBA facing Covid-19 in a more complex stage, say experts

Havana, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is today in the most complex stage in front of Covid-19 as it approaches the highest peak of possible cases according to specialists' forecasts, who insist on the collective responsibility to change the course of the epidemic.

April 28, 2020
Published in Business & Economy

CUBA | Food production, a priority in Cuba, Diaz-Canel asserts

Havana, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Diaz-Canel reaffirmed that food production is a priority in the Cuban Government's work, Cubadebate reported on Sunday.

April 28, 2020
Published in Business & Economy

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