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
Tripoli, April 14 (RHC)-- A rubber boat packed with 85 migrants and refugees appears to have capsized after sailing from Lybia while three others carrying 173 people in all are in distress in the Mediterranean Sea, German rescue organizations Sea-Watch and United4Rescue report.... More
Cairo, April 14 (RHC)-- The Arab League has raised the alarm about Israel’s policy of expanding its illegal settlements in the Palestinian territories at a time when the whole world is scrambling to rein in the new coronavirus pandemic.... More
Havana, April 13 (RHC)— Dr. Francisco Duran, head of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Public Health urged the Cuban people to keep social distancing and isolation as the main actions to keep the novel coronavirus at bay.... More
Brasilia, April 13 (RHC)-- Brazilian nurses have disapproved of Jair Bolsonaro's management of the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis, local media reported on Monday. Doctors and health workers in Sao Paulo joined the critics and rejected the president's handling of COVID-19. They paid tribute to their colleagues who died during the pandemic and denounced the lack of medical equipment to combat the new coronavirus.... More
!["The repercussions of any premature end to the lockdown action are unimaginable," says Nigerian president. (Photo: Reuters)](https://www.radiohc.cu/articles/7347-nigeria-pres.jpg ""The repercussions of any premature end to the lockdown action are unimaginable," says Nigerian president. (Photo: Reuters)")
Abuja, April 13 (RHC)-- Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has announced a 14-day extension to a lockdown in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun states to combat the coronavirus pandemic. In a televised address on Monday, Buhari said: "It has become necessary to extend the current restriction of movement" that was set to expire later in the day.... More
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