Cuba thanked the International Red Cross after the arrival in the island of a large donation for the victims of Hurricane Ian that created havoc last September leaving tens of thousands house destroyed and three dead in its wake.

On its 30th anniversary, to be celebrated on November 19, the Institute of Plant Biotechnology (IBP) of the Central University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas (UCLV), in central Cuba, is committed to strengthening science for plant development in Cuba.

Doctors Jose Angel Portal Miranda and Ahmed Robleh Abdilleh, health ministers of Cuba and Djibouti respectively expressed their willingness to further strengthen cooperation links in the health sector, particularly in the areas of biotechnology, training of specialists and professional collaboration.

During the early morning the tropical storm Lisa has continued to gain some more organization and intensity and became a hurricane, Cuban meteorological institute reported today.

Cuba reported at the end of yesterday a single positive case of SARS-CoV-2, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported today in its usual daily report.

Updated clinical evidence ratifying the effectiveness of the Cuban COVID-19 vaccines Abdala and Soberana was presented Tuesday at the regular meeting of the government with health experts and scientists, in which Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez described both products as "a milestone of Cuban medicine, biopharmaceutical industry and health system and of the Revolution".

A group of international experts, led by US scientists, highlighted Cuba's capacity to immunize more than 90 % of the population with its own safe and effective vaccines.

Cuba reported at the end of yesterday a single positive case of SARS-CoV-2, contact of a previously confirmed case, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported today.

Cuba reported at the close of Sunday only one positive case of SARS-CoV-2, the ministry of public health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) in its usual daily report, published on its website, reported today.

The Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), creator of the COVID-19 vaccine Abdala, celebrated today the first anniversary of the authorization for its use in children in the 2 to 11 age group based on evidence of its quality, safety and effectiveness.

 Cuba reported today only three new COVID-19 cases, 6 medical discharges and no fatalities.

The Cuban ministry of public health ( MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported today that the country reported only one positive case of COVID-19 out of the 817 samples taken for the surveillance and control of the disease.

The Cuban health sector continues to be one of the worst hit by the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States, the Ministry of Public Health of the Caribbean nation said today.

 Cuba reported at the close of Sunday only six new cases of Covid-19, without having to regret deaths from the disease, while the number of medical discharges were two recovered patients.