When COVID-19 arrived in Cuba a year ago, alarms went off before the horrifying images of first-world intensive care units overwhelmed by the number of infected people and the lack of diagnostic devices. We even heard of a case where the doctors chose to ventilate a young man over an old man who had little chance of survival and there were no lung ventilators to spare.

The Carlos J. Finlay Order, the Cuban government's highest decoration for contributions to scientific development for the benefit of mankind, will be awarded today to 23 high-level professionals of the outstanding recognition, most of them from Havana.

The totality of photovoltaic parks in Cuba maintain an availability of more than 98 percent, informed today Ovel Concepción Díaz, director of Generation with renewable energy sources of the Electrical Union (UNE), informed today.

In order to add 460 megawatts (MW) to the country's electricity capacity, the Cuban Electrical Union (UNE) is making important investments in the nation's thermal generation.

The fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, preventive protocols and the development of vaccines were issues on the agenda of a virtual exchange between Cuban lawmakers and European Parliament members on Monday.

Artemisa, March 15 (ACN) As part of plans by the Cuban Higher Education Ministry, the University of the Western province of Artemisa, bordering the capital Havana, opened the 2021 school year marked by virtual and semi-personal attendance.

The National Center for the Production of Laboratory Animals ( CENPALAB by its Spanish acronym) is essential for the development of Cuba's biotechnological industry and has been crucial for the preclinical testing of the island's vaccine candidates against COVID-19.

As part of the transition process from analog to digital television, Radiocuba is working this year on the coverage of radio and television signals in places that are weakly served, known as silence zones.

Marti said that the Protest of March 15, 1878 is one of the most glorious events in our history, recalled Monday Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, Cuban president.

As reported, following the improvement of hydrometeorological conditions, on March 12 and 13, search actions continued in an extensive area that included the cay and Cuban territorial waters from the north of Isabela de Sagua, Villa Clara, to Punta Hicacos, Matanzas, with the aim of locating the missing citizens in the vicinity of Cay Sal, Bahamas.

The 8th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party, to be held April 16-19, will analyze, among other important issues, the economic and social results achieved during the previous five-year period.

The Office of Regulation and Environmental Safety (ORSA), of the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment in this province remains engaged in its main missions despite the movement limitations to tackle COVID-19.

As of today, the special education programs in a context marked by COVID-19 and social isolation are available on learning TV, albeit they entail a twofold challenge for students, families and teachers given the individual needs of the children according to their physical or intellectual disability, according to those in charge of this activity.

Faced with the new COVID-19 outbreaks, the social canteens of the Family Care System (SAF) resumed food deliveries to more than 5,000 people as part of the measures to respect social distancing and reduce contagion levels in this city.