A total of 17 new COVID-19 positive cases was registered in Cuba, the highest number in the week, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) confirmed at the close of this Sunday, for a total of 2,495 patients confirmed with the new coronavirus. As in the previous day, no deaths were reported. Four medical discharges were …

The economic measures announced by the Cuban government on July 16 reflect the authorities’ awareness of the greatest challenges for the Cuban economy and the dimensions where their actions can make a difference today, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. These would be to: 1) mitigate the external vulnerability caused both by its own …

Cuba has been able to send thousands of doctors and nurses overseas to help other countries fight COVID-19. That is because the island nation has had huge success containing the virus domestically, with a rigorous active screening campaign and strict restrictions. Since the pandemic began, the country has recorded just over 2, 400 cases and …

HAVANA, Jul 22 (PL ) The Cuban Government is facilitating exports and imports to non-state businesses in order to boost the country’s trade and economy, official sources said on Wednesday. The general director of foreign trade at the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment (MINCEX), Vivian Herrera, said that 382 Cuban non-state businesses, including …

HAVANA, Jul 22 (PL) Cuba is the safest country in the region of the Americas, released on Tuesday the press based on a statistical report of crime and security rates by nations. According to the Numbeo website, a global database of perceived crime rates, quality of healthcare and other issues, the island has the lowest …

HAVANA, July 20th  (Reuters) – State-run stores in Cuba began selling some food and hygiene products in U.S. dollars on Monday as the import-dependent country faces a grave shortage of tradable currency to purchase goods abroad.Cuba last had to open such for basic goods in the 1990s when the fall of the Soviet Union plunged …

HAVANA, July 19thy It was President Barack Obama who initiated the political thaw between the US and Cuba. The US president spoke of a “new beginning after decades of mistrust,” before loosening travel restrictions and money transfer provisions. The first direct talks between the heads of both countries came at the 2015 Summit of the …

Help us keep OnCuba alive Cuba is one of the countries with the highest number of tests made per million inhabitants to detect COVID-19, according to the island’s health authorities. In total, more than 35,000 tests have been made per million inhabitants, between real-time PCR and rapid tests, in Cuba until July 1 to detect …