Presided over by its First Secretary, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, a meeting of the Political Bureau was held on Tuesday to continue the study of the documents to be presented at the 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba.

Cuban permanent representative at the United Nations Pedro Luis Pedroso extended his country’s gratefulness to the constant support of the island by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in the current fight against the COVID 19 pandemic.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel insisted in the need to protect the children from the current COVID 19 outbreak hitting the Caribbean island nation, following an increase in the number of kids affected by the disease.

NUEVA GERONA, Cuba, Feb 9 (ACN) The opening of a molecular biology laboratory will allow rapid treatment of people infected with COVID-19 in the Isle of Youth, a territory with a complex epidemiological situation.

Cuban peputy PM Ines Maria Chapman rejected today on Twitter all kinds of insult to the patriotic symbols, regarding a recent image spread on social media of a car dragging a Cuban flag in Miami, United States.

Cuban minister of education, Ena Elsa Velazquez, denied today rumors about the resumption of the school year in the country, and assured that it will be when the conditions for it do exist, which will be announced in due time.

 In a complex and challenging 2020, Cuba achieved 7,027 pregnancies through the Infertile Couple Attention Program, the highest figure achieved since its creation in 2016, when it had a network of services with universal coverage, Dr. Roberto Alvarez Fumero, coordinator of the program, said.

Ana Silvia Rodriguez Abascal, Cuban Permanent Representative to the UN, reiterated Cuba's commitment to South-South Cooperation to contribute to the sustainable development of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Army General Raul Castro, and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President of that nation, Nguyen Phu Trong, held a fraternal telephone conversation after the celebration of the Thirteenth Congress of the Vietnamese political organization.

Protecting children, adolescents, pregnant women and other vulnerable groups from COVID-19 infection is everyone's responsibility, from the government and medical personnel, but it is, first and foremost, the responsibility of the Cuban family.

Cuba’s permanent representative at the United Nations Ana Silvia Rodriguez reiterated her country’s commitment to South-South cooperation to contribute to the sustainable unfolding of the least developed nations.

Guinea Bissau’s Foreign Trade and Cooperation minister Suzi Carla Barbosa ratified her government’s support of Cuba’s struggle against the US economic, commercial and financial blockade and also condemned the current discrediting campaigns against the island’s internationalist medical cooperation.

Havana’s Jose Marti International airport has seen a drastic reduction of flights from eight countries as part of measures adopted February 6 to control the current Covid 19 flare-up; however despite such reduction international sanitary controls actions are being reinforced.

The second stage of Havana’s Film Festival, the international contest, has bee put off due to the current COVID 19 outbreak hitting the capital city and the country.

Deputy prime minister Ines Maria Chapman led the review of the Tarea Vida ("Life Task"), Cuban State Plan to confront climate change, and its coordination and implementation in the country's new urban agenda.