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Havana, a setback
Less than what a meringue lasts at the door of a school (Cuban popular saying). That was in Miguel’s opinion the time that Havana lasted in the first phase of the post-COVID-19 de-escalation. His opinion seems exaggerated if you look at it literally, but it is not at all if you look at it from …
Cuba reported 24 new cases of COVID-19 and 52 patient discharges
Help us keep OnCuba alive Cuba reported 24 new cases of COVID-19 and 52 patient discharges, rising the number of recovered patients to 2,620; informed this Sunday by Dr. Francisco Durán, director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap). 22 of the people diagnosed with the virus yesterday reside in Havana, while one …
Three steps to buy in dollar stores in Cuba
Since last July 20th, Cuba has 72 new stores in which products can be purchased in freely convertible currency (MLC), taking the United States dollar (USD) as a reference in their prices. According to the official information, published a few days before the opening of these stores, 57 of the new establishments distributed throughout the …
Cuba restarts school year on September 1st, except for Havana
The Minister of Education, Ena Elsa Velázquez, said this Friday on the Mesa Redonda television program that the school year will resume in all the country’s provinces on September 1st, with the exception of Havana, given its current epidemiological situation. She reported that managers and workers are returning to educational institutions in a first phase …
Cuba continues to work on its own vaccine against COVID-19
Help us keep OnCuba alive Cuba is working on the development of its own vaccine to combat the new coronavirus at the same time that it negotiates with Russia the manufacture on the Island of the vaccine registered by the Eurasian nation’s scientists. “There are several countries working on that … Our country is working …