Due to the announcement of the temporary suspension of classes in Cuba from this Tuesday in view of the spread of COVID-19, mothers who are caring for children in primary or special education will receive the same treatment as interrupted workers.

A group of 180 Cubans who were visiting or on personal business in Nicaragua returned to Cuba on Monday as part of the government's efforts to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.

The Cuban Criminal Code includes sanctions of imprisonment for those who violate health measures, the Presidency of Cuba published this Monday on Twitter.

President Miguel Diaz-Canel highlighted today on social media the humanitarian nature of practices of the Cuban revolution.
Diaz-Canel joins his message on Twitter with information published in Granma newspaper, which highlights that in the midst of the stalking of the new coronavirus, the decision of the Cuban government has been to continue the medical cooperation.

Carlos Miguel Pereira, Cuban ambassador to China, declared that reciprocal solidarity between Chinese and Cubans has always been present in the common history of both peoples, and given the current situation with COVID-19, these ties are intensifying.

Cuba´s President Miguel Diaz-Canel headed a broad and useful working day through videoconference with leading authorities of the provinces in which new measures were defined to reinforce the confrontation with COVID-19 in Cuba, where 16 confirmed cases have already been counted.

Five new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed by the Cuban Ministry of Public Health.
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Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel called today on social media to improve the quality of construction in Cuba.
The country we are building. Call to the quality in the constructions in the review of the Ministry of Construction (MICONS), Diaz-Canel tweeted.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla highlighted today on Twitter the successful return to the UK of travellers from the MS Braemar cruise.

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.