Faced with a steadily growing number of COVID-19 cases—more than 900 during the new normal—the provincial health authorities strive to improve sanitary protocols and the effectiveness of active screenings as well as to shorten the time span between case-detection and hospital admission.

The University of Havana (UH) starts today its 2021 school year without the physical presence of students, who received detailed instructions from their schools as to how their courses will be organized. Freshmen in turn will first be on campus on April 19, since their personal attendance is essential both for strictly academic reasons and because their presence in the classroom and their interaction with classmates are a gateway to university life.

Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic of Cuba, said Ton Sunday that the country is moving forward at the end of February, a month he described as full of complexities, but also of learning.

Associations of Cubans living in Canada and the United States demanded on Sunday the lifting of the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba, Prensa Latina news agency reported from Ottawa.

Cuba and the European Union just held the third round of talks on Human Rights; it was a virtual dialog due to the COVID 19 pandemic.

On the occasion of the Brain Awareness Week to be marked March 15-21, the Cuban Society for Neuroscience launched a call to observe the date considering ten suggestions to face the coronavirus pandemic.

Cuba has just adopted its Animal Welfare Decree Law which gathers the work carried out in the country during years in the benefit of animals.

Cuba issued today Resolution 47/2021 of the Ministry of Domestic Trade related to the establishment of the rules for registration in the consumer registry, as well as the granting of the regulated product card for the sale of regulated food products to the population.

Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai, new PM of Mongolia, held today an exchange with Raul Delgado, Cuban ambassador to that Asian nation, where they discussed the main aspects of diplomatic relations between the two governments.

 The presence of Cubans on the Internet continues growing along with the progress in the country's informatization process, according to the reports Digital 2021: Global General Report and Digital 2021 Cuba, drafted by the specialized creative agency We Are Social and Hootsuite.

Cuba's Permanent Representative to the international organizations based in Geneva, Ambassador Juan Antonio Quintanilla, ratified his country's unrestricted support to the government and people of Nicaragua, in its firm decision to preserve peace and the notable social, economic, security and national unity advances achieved.

Ena Elsa Velázquez Cobiella, Minister of Education, called on Thursday for feedback with primary school students who receive classes through television, mainly in the first and second grades, during the assembly to assess the work of the sector in Villa Clara last year.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel stressed the advancement to phase III trial of a locally-developed vaccine against COVID-19, whose mass production has kicked off by the local AICA generics production labs.

Cuba took part at the 2nd Ministerial Forum on Agriculture held by China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which ran virtually due to the impact of the COVID-19.

Cuba’s permanent representative in Geneva, Juan Antonio Quintanilla, reiterated his country’s support to Belarus amidst accusations against that nation in a report published by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michel Bachelet.