The Vietnamese corporation Viglacera, through its subsidiary in Cuba ViMariel S.A., donated Wednesday 100 tons of rice to the doctors and health personnel of the Caribbean country dedicated to fighting the COVID-19.

Despite the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States for almost six decades, Cuba guarantees all the resources to tackle the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) assured Thursday. 

The U.S. Department of Transportation(DOT) announced on Thursday the reduction of the number of charter flights to Cuba to 3,600 trips per year, in response to a request made last January by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.