Havana, March 20 (RHC) A U.S. patient confirmed with COVID-19 was evacuated this Friday in good general condition, along with his wife, reported Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs.... More
“Cuba has all the resources to treat patients from the moment they’re identified as suspected cases of the new coronavirus,” health authorities said Friday.... More
Tehran, March 20 (RHC)-- Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says U.S. sanctions and pressures have failed to force the Iranian nation to give in to Washington’s excessive demands. “The harshest ever sanctions were imposed against our nation [last year] by global terrorists,” Rouhani said on Friday morning in a message to Iranians on the occasion of New Year.... More
Geneva, March 20 (RHC)-- Fears are growing for millions of refugees living in overcrowded and unsanitary camps around the world, including one million South Sudanese and Congolese refugees in Uganda, tens of thousands of Central Americans in Mexico near the U.S. border, and some 1 million Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh. ... More
Sacramento, March 20 (RHC)-- In the United States, where confirmed coronavirus cases have doubled over the past two days, California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered all of California — 40 million residents — to remain at home, effective immediately. ... More
Bogota, March 20 (RHC)-- Colombia will block entry to everyone traveling from abroad from midnight on Monday to control the spread of coronavirus, President Ivan Duque has announced, under pressure domestically to react efficiently to the global pandemic.... More
Seattle, March 20 (RHC)-- The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has reached 200 and the number of cases surged past 14,000, forcing the state of California to order a state-wide lockdown. ... More
Havana, (RHC) - Cuban sportsmen and women hired in European leagues are complying with health protection measures and are out of danger in the face of the Covid-19 threat.... More
Athens, (RHC) - The organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games received the Olympic torch in a ceremony without an audience in the Greek capital.... More
Rome, March 20 (RHC)-- The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has topped 10,000, with nearly a quarter of a million confirmed cases of COVID-19. Italy’s death toll has now surpassed China’s, where the outbreak was first reported, with over 3,400 deaths and more than 41,000 confirmed cases. ... More
Seattle, March 20 (RHC)-- Hospitals around the United States are already reporting shortages of testing swabs and protective gear to shield medical workers from infection. In Washington state, workers at Providence St. Joseph Health purchased vinyl sheets, foam and industrial tape from Home Depot and began manufacturing their own face shields and masks after supplies began to dwindle. ... More
Havana, March 20 (RHC)-- The President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, led a meeting on Thursday with the participation of authorities of the provinces and the special municipality of Isle of Youth through video conference.... More
Paris, March 20 (RHC)--The France-Cuba association has requested French authorities to ask Cuba for support in the fight against the coronavirus SARS-Cov-2, through access to the drug recombinant interferon-alpha 2B.... More
Havana, March 20 (RHC)--A total of 53 Cuban doctors and nurses will arrive this Saturday in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy, to assist in the treatment of patients infected with the new coronavirus.... More
Tehran, March 20 (RHC)-- Iran has censured certain Arab countries for preventing the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) from issuing a joint statement in condemnation of the illegal U.S. sanctions against the Islamic Republic, amid the country’s fight on the coronavirus outbreak.... More
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