Washington, April 14 (RHC)-- In the U.S., a group of Northeastern states — New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Rhode Island — have announced that they are developing a coordinated plan to end coronavirus lockdowns and reopen schools and businesses.... More
Detroit, April 14 (RHC)-- Hospitals at coronavirus hot spots around the United States are reporting dire conditions as they deal with a surge in critically sick patients. ... More
Havana, April 14 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of Cuba's Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported during his daily press briefing on Tuesday morning that there were 40 new positive cases of COVID-19. The report, which covers the previous day, a 24-hour period that ended at 12 midnight Monday night into Tuesday morning, noted that there are a total of 766 patients who have tested positive for the virus here in Cuba.... More
Havana, April 14 (RHC)-- At least 1,920,918 COVID-19 infections have been confirmed worldwide, and 119,686 people have died so far, with the United States leading all nations in both the number of cases and the death toll, followed by major Western European countries.... More
New York, April 14 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of New York, the statewide death toll from COVID-19 has topped 10,000, as total confirmed cases near 200,000 .. over half of these in New York City.... More
Rome, April 14 (RHC)-- Italy has ordered migrants and refugees on board a rescue ship off its coast to be quarantined on another vessel to test them for the coronavirus before allowing them to disembark. ... More
Orlando, April 14 (RHC)-- Walt Disney World plans to stop paying wages to 43,000 workers in about a week while allowing them to keep their benefits for up to a year in what is the largest wave of furloughs since the theme park resort closed in mid-March because of the COVID-19 spread.... More
Paris, April 14 (RHC)-- The EU is reportedly prepared to adopt a common strategy for COVID-19 tracking apps amid calls to create a pan-European software model. Such projects have been met with privacy concerns and legal hurdles in Germany and France.... More
Berlin, April 14 (RHC)-- The coronavirus pandemic has become a tough test of the EU’s unity, and a small German border town is actively failing it. Officials have sounded the alarm over a spike in aggression from the locals towards visitors from France.... More
Moscow, April 14, (RHC)-- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla agreed during a telephone conversation that it is necessary to lift all illegal unilateral sanctions against the spread of the new coronavirus, reported Sputnik.... More
Beijing, Apr 14 (RHC)-- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi ratified his country's willingness to support Cuba while it faces the COVID-19, expressing confidence in the island's ability to overcome the pandemic, local press reported in the Chinese capital on Tuesday.... More
Cuba is conducting a clinical trial for a vaccine developed with its own technology and aimed at activating the innate immune system to combat the new coronavirus SARS Cov-2, which causes COVID-19.... More
Rome, April 14 (RHC)-- Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio thanked Cuba on Tuesday for sending a brigade of health workers to support the confrontation of the COVID-19 in the Piedmont region.... More
Tehran, April 14 (RHC)-- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says U.S. imperialism is a virus that is "more dangerous" than the new coronavirus for the international community. ... More
Paris, April 14 (RHC)-- France will remain locked down until at least May 11th, President Emmanuel Macron has revealed, calling on citizens to continue to respect the rules his government has imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus.... More
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