The Cuban Ministry of Public Health reported that the Molecular Biology Laboratory of the Provincial Center of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology in Santiago de Cuba province confirmed a new positive case for SARS-CoV 2, for an amount of 11 all along the country.

International agencies and bodies have stressed that Cuba is a healthcare model for many nations, because apart from offering its international collaboration, it has also prepared more than 29,000 doctors from a hundred territories.

With strict observance of the protocols established by the World Health Organization (WHO) for this kind of procedure, the transfer of cruise passengers on board MS Braemar from the port of Mariel to Havana's Jose Marti international airport began.

The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) reported the death of an Italian tourist due to the coronavirus pneumonia, and three new confirmed cases, bringing the total reported so far in the country to 10.

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.