The Zaandam cruise ship is anchored shortly after it arrived at the bay of Panama City.  (Photo: Arnulfo Franco/AP Photo)

Panama City, March 27 (RHC)-- Four passengers have died on board a cruise ship carrying passengers with flu-like symptoms that has been stranded off the Pacific coast of South America for several days, the liner company said on Friday.... More


Rome, March 27 (RHC)-- Italy has reported 919 deaths from coronavirus, the highest number of fatalities any country has reported in the space of 24 hours since the outbreak began late last year.  The total number of people who have died as a result of COVID-19 in Italy now stands at 9,134.... More


Washington, March 27 (RHC)-- The United States has become the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, overtaking China to lead the world in cases of COVID-19.  ... More


Omara Portuondo and Ethiel Faílde. Photo: PL.

Havana, March 27 (RHC) -- The Diva of the Buena Vista Social Club, Omara Portuondo, offered on Friday an online concert with flutist Ethiel Faílde to support Cuba’s struggle against Covid-19... More


Havana, March 27 (RHC)-- The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported that as of March 26, 13 additional cases of COVID19 were confirmed in Cuba, for a total of 80.... More


London, March 27 (RHC)-- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he has tested positive for coronavirus and will be self-isolating for seven days.  The announcement came from London on Friday morning.... More


Carabinieri military police officer stands guard as military trucks wait to take away coffins in Seriate, Italy.  (Photo: REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo)

Rome, March 27 (RHC)-- Italy has yet to see the worst of the coronavirus pandemic spreading through the country, a senior health official has warned, a day after more than 700 people died in a single 24-hour period.... More


 A funeral worker carrying a coffin out of a morgue in Leganes, Spain  (Photo: REUTERS/Susana Vera 698)

Madrid, March 27 (RHC)-- Spain’s health ministry has announced that it has suffered another record breaking day for COVID-19 deaths as 769 people fell victim to the disease in one day.  Health officials revealed on Friday morning that the number of fatalities jumped to 4,858, while the number of confirmed infections in the country has risen from 56,188 to 64,059.... More


Kingstown, March 27 (RHC)-- The Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, received on Thursday a medical brigade from Cuba that will help his country deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.... More


Havana, March 27 (RHC)--The Cuban business group BioCubaFarma, says that until Thursday, it had received requests from more than 45 countries to incorporate Recombinant Human Interferon Alpha 2b into their therapeutic arsenals against Covid-19. ... More


Havana, March 27, (RHC) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday condemned the accusations and lies launched by the U.S. government against Cuban medical collaboration abroad.... More


Havana, March 27 (RHC)-- Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, condemned Thursday on Twitter the new accusations of narco-terrorism announced by the U.S. Department of Justice against the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro Moros.... More


Caracas, March 27 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has slammed the U.S. government for bringing charges against the president of the South American country, saying they are meant to give the administration in Washington more electoral confidence in the run-up to the presidential elections in November.... More


A couple wear protective face masks as they walk in Tehran. (Photo: © West Asia News Agency / Ali Khara via REUTERS)

Tehran, March 27 (RHC)-- The U.S. Treasury Department has slapped fresh sanctions on Iran, accusing several Iranian firms of aiding terrorism.  Meanwhile, Tehran and the UN have called for the easing of sanctions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.... More


Riyadh, March 27 (RHC)-- The group of 20 (G-20) comprising the 20 most prosperous and largest economies held Thursday a virtual summit chaired by Saudi Arabia, at the end of which the member nations expressed their confidence that the world "will overcome" the global coronavirus pandemic. ... More


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