Five days after the accidental blast at Havana’s Saratoga Hotel, rescuers keep searching for missing people inside the partially collapsed building.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez acknowledged on Twitter the work of firefighters and rescuers currently working at the Saratoga Hotel, destroyed by a gas explosion last Friday.

Three people were injured in an explosion caused by a gas leak early this morning in a house in the municipality of Old Havana municipality, allegedly as a result of negligence, since a gas valve was left open at night.

The municipality of Old Havana gets ready to construct houses for the families affected by the explosion at the Saratoga Hotel on Friday, May 6, which damaged a number of nearby buildings.

The National Hotel of Cuba will host this Thursday a national workshop on the consultation process of the international meeting Stockholm+50, organized under the theme “A healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity”.

Officials of the Havana Manufactured Gas Enterprise (EGM) assured today that the service remains stable and safe despite the accidental explosion at the Saratoga Hotel while a tanker truck with liquefied gas was supplying the facility.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez visited the area around the Saratoga Hotel to learn about the onsite efforts to find anyone who might still be under the rubble after the tragic accident that occurred there five days ago.

The Office of the Historian of the City of Havana (OHC) is taking the first steps to salvage the seventeen buildings damaged by the explosion at the Saratoga Hotel.

Havana citizens, and workers donated canned food, toilet items, cloths, shoes, books, toys and other items to families and people affected by the accident occurred at Havana’s Saratoga Hotel last Friday.

Cuba’s Health Ministry on Tuesday evening reported a total of 43 deaths as a consequence of the accident occurred at Havana’s Saratoga Hotel, with one of the victims is still to be identified.

The Italy-Cuba National Friendship Association (ANAIC) announced a 10-thousand-Euro donation to support the Cuban government’s actions to deal with the emergency caused by the explosion of Havana’s Saratoga hotel, which claimed dozens of lives and injured many.

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro met at Caracas’ Presidential Palace with Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, who is paying an official visit to that South American nation.

Representatives of the Cuban Friendship Institute (ICAP by its Spanish acronym) and the ministry of public health ( MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) received today, in Havana, a container of medical supplies sent by the National Association of Italy-Cuba Friendship (ANAIC ) to support the fight against the COVID-19.

In the midst of the commotion the country is going through due to the accident that took place five days ago at the Saratoga Hotel, authorities of the Ministry of Tourism reiterated today in Havana that Cuba will continue to be a safe, peaceful and quiet destination.

Cuba's Civil Defense denied today a news report about an alleged gas leak in the capital.