Havana, April 9 (RHC)— Dr. Francisco Duran, head of Epidemiology at the Cuban Ministry of Public Health reported on Thursday that 58 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed, for a cumulative total of 515 positive patients diagnosed on the island.... More
Havana, April 9 (RHC)-- The communities in Cuba most affected by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus are today reinforcing the protocols for social distancing, in accordance with the stage of limited autochthonous transmission.... More
Havana, April 8 (RHC)-- The hospital discharges of patients fully recovered from Covid-19 in Cuba is in accordance with what has been previously planned, and for this reason, the country is carefully taking measures, Jose Angel Portal, minister of Public Health, said.... More
London, April 9 (RHC)-- A worldwide march in support of Julian Assange will be held on-line due to the coronavirus pandemic. Apart from disrupting support efforts, the dreaded virus is also directly threatening the jailed WikiLeaks co-founder.... More
Geneva, April 9 (RHC)-- The head of the World Health Organization Tedros Ghebreyesus has responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to de-fund the UN health body with a harsh rebuke. Not focusing on the criticism of the body’s COVID-19 response, he instead promised more deaths.... More
Tehran, April 9 (RHC)-- President Hassan Rouhani has called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to consider Iran’s request for $5 billion without “discrimination” after reports said that Washington seeking to block the loan.... More
Havana, April 8 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez has rejected the statement cited by the U.S. magazine Newsweeek from a senior Pentagon official about an alleged drug trafficking operation between Cuba and Venezuela. ... More
Los Angeles, April 8 (RHC)-- The Los Angeles Times reports the Donald Trump administration is quietly seizing hospitals’ orders of masks, thermometers and other medical equipment crucial to treating COVID-19 patients. ... More
New York, April 8 (RHC)-- The risk that the new coronavirus poses to the people detained in the large migration centers in the U.S. will have disastrous consequences if not addressed without delay, Amnesty International warned in a report released Tuesday.... More
Sao Paulo, April 8 (RHC)-- The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo extended the quarantine for two more weeks Tuesday while President Jair Bolsonaro still defies the recommendations issued by health authorities including his health minister, who was almost dismissed from his functions earlier this week.... More
Asuncion, April 8 (RHC)-- Paraguay's government provided less than 15 percent of the foreseen economic help announced as a palliative due to the COVID-19 crisis.... More
Ottawa, April 8 (RHC)-- In environmental news, construction on the Keystone XL pipeline is set to resume. ... More
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Moscow, April 8 (RHC)-- The U.S. has declared outer space a legal equivalent of the Wild West, and Russia believes it may lead to dangerous consequences like many policies of territorial expansion did in the past.... More
Damascus, April 8 (RHC)-- Syrian media say the United States has dispatched truckloads of military and logistical equipment to the country's northeastern province of Hasakah as Washington and some of its regional allies keep vying with one another to seize oil reserves and plunder natural resources in the war-battered country.... More
Havana, April 8 (RHC)-- The number of coronavirus cases around the world has now reached 1,430,141 -- and 82,119 people have lost their lives due to complications caused by the viral infection, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University. Some 301,130 people have also recovered and been discharged from hospitals.... More
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