The provision of more than five thousand beds in isolation centers is among the measures adopted by the authorities of Havana to face the new outbreak of COVID-19, it was informed this Tuesday in the meeting of the Temporary Working Group of the Government for the Prevention and Control of the Pandemic.

Raul Castro, first Cuban Communist Party Secretary and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel welcomed former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Havana.

Cuba´s telecom company ETECSA announced the expansion of Internet services to clients in the capital Havana this year.

Authorities in eastern Santiago de Cuba province adopted new urban and rural transportation restrictions amist a complex COVID 19 spike.

Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez stressed the solidarity of the Cuban Henry Reeve medical contingent, whose members have faced COVID 19 around the world.

President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez regretted today the death of prominent filmmaker Juan Carlos Tabio, whom he described as an essential player in the country's film industry.

More than 800 research and innovation projects, observational studies and 18 clinical trials have demonstrated the capacity of Cuban scientists to confront the novel coronavirus pandemic, even in the midst of constant harassment from the U.S. government.

Knowing how to prepare for the most adverse scenarios, knowing in detail, from each territory, which material and human resources are available to face COVID-19, was the essential concept that set the tone, this Monday, to the meeting of the Temporary Working Group for the Prevention and Control of the new coronavirus.

Only 10 countries have bought 95 percent of the vaccines against Covid-19 produced, tweeted y the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, who pointed out the consequences of this nefarious stockpiling before the devastating pandemic.

Cuban institutions and authorities regretted today the death of the outstanding filmmaker Juan Carlos Tabio, National Film Award 2014, and expressed their condolences to family and friends.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, Cuban president, highlighted on Twitter the exchange he had with more than a hundred Cuban collaborators of the Henry Reed contingent.

Cuban prime minister Manuel Marrero held a meeting on Saturday in Havana with Delcy Rodriguez, executive vice president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

The Cuban National Seismological Service Station Network registered an earthquake reported as perceptible at 8:19 pm on Saturday, January 16, 2021.

Cuba began 2021 with a significant devaluation of its domestic currency, going from an exchange rate in the state sector of one USD to one Cuban peso to 1x24, which had an impact on the projection of budgetary expenditures for the current year, substantially higher than initially projected for the previous one.

Unlike other Caribbean destinations, Cuba guarantees the return of tourists from Canada and England with negative results to the PCR test, as part of the protocols before the COVID-19, said Ivis Fernández Peña, delegate of the Ministry of Tourism (Mintur) in Matanzas.