Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, assured that the recovery of the damage caused in the capital by the January 27 tornado demonstrates Cuba's unity, strengths and capacity to develop.

Ricardo Antonio Merlo, Undersecretary of State at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, arrived in Cuba on an official visit to preside over the 5th Session of Political Consultations between Cuban and Italian chancelleries, which is currently on session in this capital city.

An average of 200 people have been served daily in construction materials stores after the January 27 tornado passed through areas of the capital, Interior Trade Minister Betsy Diaz Velazquez said.

The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) made public an statement on its position regarding the doctors that stayed in Brazil after the Cuban government stopped its participation in the More Doctors Program.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel described as a victory that will continue to generate other victories the immediate reconstruction that the island's capital undertook after the passage of the destructive EF4 tornado that crossed several of its municipalities on Sunday, January 27.

The best political and ideological work we can do is to work well every day, said President Miguel Diaz-Canel when he spoke on Monday at the annual meeting of the Ministry of Justice, which evaluated the results of the work during 2018 and projections for 2019 to raise the quality of legal services.

The Minister of Public Health of Cuba, José Ángel Portal Miranda, reviewed the results of his Ministry during 2018 and discussed the priorities, goals and challenges for 2019.

PhD. Antonio Becali, President of the Cuba´s National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER by its Spanish acronym), held a working meeting with Christine Hoebes, Deputy Minister of international Relations and Cooperation of Namibia, at Havana´s Sports City Coliseum.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez received Grenada's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Labour, Peter David, who is visiting Cuba.

The IV Meeting of the Cuba-Namibia Joint Working Group begins on Monday in this capital with the purpose of deepening the level of commercial and technological exchange between both nations.

The Council of Ministers, headed by its President, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, met on Saturday afternoon to continue checking Havana's recovery following the devastating passage through several municipalities of an EF4 tornado on the night of January 27.

The strengthening of collaboration between Cuba and Iran will not only bring progress in our relations, but will further consolidate our two Revolutions, Kambiz Sheikh-hassani, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Cuba, said in Havana.

As part of the activities foreseen in the context of the Joint Commission for Collaboration between the Government of the Republic of Cuba and the Eurasian Economic Commission, on Thursday afternoon the Vice-President of the Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, held a meeting with Mr. Tigran Sargsyan, President of that entity.

The Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, José Ramón Machado Ventura, received on Thursday night Hans Modrow, president of the Veterans Council of the Left Party of Germany, who is making an official visit to our country, along with a delegation from that party.

The President of the Councils of States and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel, received Veronica Nataniel Macamo Dlovo, President of the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, who is in Cuba on an official visit invited by the Cuban Parliament, this Tuesday at the Revolution Palace.