Phoenix, June 22 (RHC)-- In the United States, the Navajo Nation has reinstated a lockdown due to a recent surge in COVID cases in Arizona.  At least 322 Navajos have already died from COVID — a toll higher than 16 states.... More


San Jose, June 22 (RHC)-- Costa Rica is halting the reopening of its economy after registering on Friday a record 119 new coronavirus infections – a figure that brings the country's total number of confirmed cases to 2,508.... More


Rome, June 22 (RHC)-- Italy's Health Ministry is asking government advisers to evaluate new World Health Organization recommendations that people with COVID-19 can come out of isolation even before they test negative for the virus, AP news agency reported.... More


Germany's coronavirus reproduction rate has jumped to 2.88, up from 1.79 a day earlier, health authorities said, a rate showing infections are rising above the level needed to contain the disease over the longer term.... More


Riyadh, June 22 (RHC)-- Saudi Arabia has ended a nationwide coronavirus curfew and lifted restrictions on businesses, including hair salons and cinemas, after three months of stringent curbs, despite a spike in infections.  ... More


France death toll rises by seven

Paris, June 22 (RHC)-- The number of deaths in France from COVID-19 has risen by seven from the previous day to stand at 29,640 said the country's national health service on Sunday.... More


New York, June 22 (RHC)-- New York City's effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus through contact tracing has been hampered by the reluctance of many people who are infected with the virus to provide information to tracers, according to a report in The New York Times.... More


Vatican City, June 22 (RHC)-- The drastic reduction in pollution during coronavirus lockdowns around the world should lead to greater concern for the environment as restrictions are lifted, Pope Francis said.... More


United Nations, June 22 (RHC)-- The United Nations has released a special report expressing concerns over what it called recent "deliberate attacks" against healthcare workers and facilities in Afghanistan during the COVID-19 pandemic.... More


Havana, June 22 (RHC)-- The indicators that express the behavior and evolution of COVID-19 in Havana over the past the past several days confirm a positive evolution of the epidemiological situation, which if maintained, will allow that the province to move to phase one in the next 15 days -- the first stage within the program designed for the return to normalization.... More


Geneva, June 22 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization warned that “the world is in a new and dangerous phase” of the coronavirus pandemic.  Over 183,000 new cases were reported around the world on Sunday in the biggest single-day increase to date.  Brazil, which recently surged past 1 million coronavirus cases, had the highest daily total, followed by the United States, then India.... More


Havana, June 22 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez has called for maintaining the health measures in order to continue in the favorable scenario presented by the country before the COVID-19.... More


Por un Abrazo (For a Hug). Photo: Prensa Latina

Havana, June 22 (RHC) -- Cuban singers Waldo Mendoza and Pepe López joined in the song ‘Por un abrazo’ to pay tribute to the Henry Reeve medical brigade, whose members face the Covid-19 pandemic in various nations... More


Havana, June 22 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel defended the government innovation management system.  "When science and government talk to each other, there is a response," he said on his Twitter account.... More


Havana, June 22 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were three new cases detected of COVID-19, for a total of 2,315 positive cases across the island. ... More


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