The British cruise ship MS Braemar, carrying patients with COVID-19, entered Cuban territorial waters today and will dock at Mariel port (western Cuba), Juan Antonio Fernandez, director general of the Communication, Press and Image Department of the Cuban foreign ministry, confirmed.

Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel condemned the use of social media to discredit and lie about Cuba's actions against the outbreak of the SARS CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes COVID-19.

The National Reference Laboratory at Pedro Kourí Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK) confirmed a new positive case for SARS CoV-2 yesterday.

In response to a request from the British government, Cuba will allow the docking of the cruise ship MS Braemar, belonging to the Fred Olsen line, with a small number of travelers affected by the new coronavirus, and their repatriation by air.

Authorities of the Cuban ministry of tourism (MINTUR) submitted the prevention and control plan to tackle COVID-19, and stated that the country is ready to receive those customers who decide to come to the island of their own free will.

Disinfection of handrails, seats, doors and other bus parts with chlorine solutions is one of the measures implemented by the Provincial Transport Enterprise in Havana to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.

Cuban president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, urged the people to continue working and intensify measures the country is taking to tackle COVID-19, after the Ministry of Public Health confirmed its presence on the Caribbean island.

The United States is the main threat to stability, peace and well-being in Latin America, Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez said today on Twitter.

The Ministry of Public Health of Cuba reported Thursday afternoon that a Cuban tested positive to coronavirus, the fourth confirmed case in the island after three Italian tourists who were diagnosed on Wednesday.

Ana Teresita Gonzalez, first deputy minister of foreign trade and foreign investment, received this Thursday at the headquarters of that ministry, Bhrigu Dhungana, new ambassador of Nepal to Cuba.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, Cuban president, attends the annual review of the food industry ministry (MINAL by its Spanish acronym), which is held in Havana.

Ana Teresita Gonzalez, Cuba's first deputy minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, received Chua Kee Lock, new ambassador of the Republic of Singapore in Havana.

Cuba reported this Wednesday the presence of the new coronavirus COVID-19 in three Italian tourists who arrived in the capital on a pleasure trip last Monday, and who were staying in the city of Trinidad.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla called the U.S. government the main violator of human rights, referring to the report presented by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, where he launched fake accusations against Cuba, Venezuela, China and Iran.

The new application INSMET.CU, created by computer scientists Gregorio Franco and Ernesto Ramos, with the assistance of Orlando Cordova, the main specialist of the weather forecasting group in Ciego de Avila province(center Cuba), allows users of mobile phones with Android system connected to the Internet to be updated on national weather variables.