Juan Antonio Fernandez Palacios. File

Havana, March 26 (RHC)-- Cuba rejected on Thursday recent statements by the U.S. State Department made as part of Washington's ongoing slander campaign against the island's international medical cooperation.... More


New York, March 26 (RHC)-- Across the United States, new coronavirus infections continued to increase exponentially, with 13,000 newly confirmed cases reported Wednesday, pushing the nationwide total above 68,000. ... More


Guarani Mbya Indigenous people near the Jaragua village, Sao Paulo.  (Photo: EFE)

Brasilia, March 26 (RHC)-- The Sao Paulo Federal University (UNIFESP) researcher Sofia Mendonca Wednesday warned that Brazilian Indigenous peoples can be decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic if there are no forceful containment actions.... More


Dr. Francisco

Havana, March 26 (RHC)—Cuban health authorities announced on Thursday the second death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 45-year old Russian citizen who suffered from high blood pressure and diabetes and had been reported in critical condition for several days.... More


Caracas, March 26 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has denounced that terrorist groups are training from Colombia to attack the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic.... More


New York, March 26 (RHC)-- With the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, hospitals are seeing the same surge in cases that overwhelmed healthcare systems in Italy and Spain.  Refrigerated trucks and tents have been stationed outside some hospitals to hold the bodies of the dead as morgues fill up.... More


Havana, March 26 (RHC) In the struggle against COVID-19, Cuba continues to spread solidarity. On Wednesday, the first group of a Cuban medical brigade arrived in Belize.... More


Washington, March 26 (RHC)-- The U.S. Defense Department has warned that the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak in the country could continue for months and the American military would continue to support efforts to counter the COVID-19 crisis.... More


Havana, March 26 (RHC)-- If the school year was suspended in the current scenario, it was not to keep our children and youth on the streets; it was to keep them at home, said Cuban President, Miguel Díaz-Canel.... More


Washington, March 26 (RHC)-- As U.S. coronavirus cases continued to grow on an exponential curve -- with the number of known cases topping 54,000 -- President Donald Trump said he hoped to reopen the U.S. economy and end restrictions aimed at slowing the spread by Easter Sunday — less than three weeks from now.... More


New York, March 26 (RHC)-- In New York City, the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Governor Andrew Cuomo blasted the Trump administration for failing to respond to the magnitude of the crisis. ... More


Atlanta, March 26 (RHC)-- Across the United States, doctors and nurses report a critical lack of personal protective equipment — or PPE — endangering their health and safety.  The hashtag #GetUsPPE trended on social media, with medical workers reporting they’ve been forced to reuse a single N95 protective mask throughout the day, or even for days at a time — against standard protocol of changing masks for each patient.... More


Seattle, March 26 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Washington, officials are inspecting infection controls at nursing homes statewide after finding the Life Care Center of Kirkland failed to identify and protect sick residents, failed to alert health officials about an outbreak of respiratory illness and had no backup plan after the center’s primary doctor fell ill from COVID-19. ... More


Washington, March 26 (RHC)-- In the U.S., documents obtained by The Nation magazine show Immigration and Customs Enforcement has quarantined nine prisoners and is monitoring at least 24 others across 10 immigration jails for symptoms of COVID-19. ... More


Juba, March 26 (RHC)-- In South Sudan, massive swarms of locusts are devastating food crops across the country, further endangering a population that already faces the highest rate of food insecurity in the world. ... More


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