Havana, March 23 (RHC)-- Cuban health authorities have confirmed 5 new COVID-19 patients, for a total of 40 cases in the country. ... More
Havana, March 23 (RHC). Cuba’s Ministry of Public Health announced Monday morning five new cases of COVID. Three are Cubans,1 is French, and another one is Russian. All told, there are now 40 new coronavirus cases reported on the Caribbean island... More
Tehran, March 23 (RHC)-- The leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has described the United States as “the most evil enemy of the Iranian nation” -- saying an offer by Washington to help Iran fight the coronavirus outbreak is strange.... More
Tel Aviv, March 23 (RHC)-- Israel has told Palestinian prisoners to use their socks as masks to avoid the deadly coronavirus, which has killed thousands of people across the world. Hamas leader Wasfi Qabba said over the weekend that Israel rejected the request of the detainees' representatives at Megiddo prison to provide them with protective masks and asked them to use their socks instead.... More
Brasilia, March 23 (RHC)-- Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff praised Cuba's dispatch of a medical brigade to the Italian region of Lombardy to combat the new coronavirus.... More
Kingston, March 23 (RHC)-- The Minister of Public Health of Jamaica, Dr. Christopher Tufton, welcomed 140 Cuban medical professionals to support the island’s national response efforts for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).... More
Madrid, March 23 (RHC)-- Tehran’s ambassador to Madrid says Iran is the only country in the world that cannot buy medicine and medical equipment from the global market because of America’s “cruel and inhumane” sanctions, which are hindering the country’s fight against a coronavirus outbreak.... More
![Sign reads "Stay healthy together, keep distance" at a weekly market in Berlin. (Photo: © REUTERS/Fabrizio )](https://www.radiohc.cu/articles/197-germany-virus-1.jpg "Sign reads "Stay healthy together, keep distance" at a weekly market in Berlin. (Photo: © REUTERS/Fabrizio )")
Berlin, March 23 (RHC)-- The number of COVID-19 cases in Germany climbed to 18,610 and the death toll rose to 55, as almost 2,000 more people were confirmed as having the disease on Sunday.... More
Brasilia, March 23 (RHC)-- Over the weekend, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic had left at least 65 people dead in Latin America, with Brazil reporting the highest death toll among all countries. ... More
Dubai, March 23 (RHC)-- One of the world's largest international airlines, Emirates, has announced that it will suspend all of its passenger flights from March 25 and cut wages in half as the world continues to reel from COVID-19. The company said it will "temporarily suspend passenger operations by 25 March," warning that earlier flights could also be subject to "change at short notice."... More
Bogota, March 23 (RHC)-- At least 23 people have died and dozens more are injured following a riot over coronavirus in La Modelo prison in the Colombian capital Bogota, the country's justice ministry has said. ... More
Tehran, March 22 (RHC)-- The international community is calling for an end to Washington's sanctions against Tehran. ... More
Geneva, March 22 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization (WHO) says lockdowns are not enough to defeat the coronavirus pandemic, noting that public health measures are still needed to avoid a resurgence of the virus once the restrictions are lifted.... More
Santiago de Chile, March 22 (RHC)-- The executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Barcena, said that COVID-19 would directly impact the already weakened world economy. She claims increasing poverty in the region for 35 million people, as well as endangering an essential global public good: human health.... More
Brasilia, March 22 (RHC)-- Brazil’s federal judge Raquel Soares Chiarelli ordered the Armed Forces Hospital (HFA) to present the list of people who turned out to be COVID-19 positives, among whom is President Jair Bolsonaro. This order responds to the hospital's refusal to release data to the Federal District Health Department.... More
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