Cuba has been supplying the drug, which is produced with Cuban technology at the Changchun Heber Biological Technology joint venture, located in Jilin, China.  

Santiago de Chile, March 18 (RHC)-- The mayor of the Chilean municipality of Recoleta --Daniel Jadue -- has announced that through the People's Pharmacies initiative they will begin importing Cuban medicine in order to help patients infected with the novel coronavirus. ... More


A 10 km queue of trucks stuck on the A12 motorway near the Polish-German border.  (Photo: AFP)

Brussels, March 18 (RHC)-- The European Commission has announced plans to enact the full closure of borders across the 27-member European Union as part of efforts to contain the now-global coronavirus pandemic in Europe.... More


Iran is one of the world's most affected countries by the coronavirus outbreak.  (Photo: Xinhua)

Tehran, March 18 (RHC)-- Calls on U.S. President Donald Trump to ease economic sanctions on Iran are multiplying, as the Persian country is one of the world's most affected by the coronavirus outbreak, infecting 16,169 people and killing 988 so far in the country.... More


Havana, March 17 (RHC)-- Generating innovations from science and technology, and better management of scientific work in Cuba, was the main call made by President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez during the annual review meeting of the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Environment (CITMA) held Monday.... More


Havana, March 17 (RHC)-- Cuba is gearing up to receive the sick with Covid-19 from the British cruise ship MS Braemar, in which more than a thousand people are traveling. The ship is docking this Tuesday in Havana Bay.... More


Havana, March 16 (RHC)-- Cuba's Ministry of Education (MINED) is currently improving some measures in schools to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus without suspending the current school year.... More


Washington, March 16 (RHC)--  The Cuban Embassy in the United States will suspend all on-site consular services at the Consular Office in Washington D.C. as of this Tuesday, due to the declaration of a National Emergency, issued on March 13 by the Trump Administration.... More


Havana, March 16 (RHC)-- The management of the National Reference Laboratory of the Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine -IPK-, in Havana, confirmed on Monday a new positive case of SARS CoV-2.... More


The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent a clear message to countries around the globe on the COVID-19 pandemic:‘test, test, test’. ... More


Washington, March 16 (RHC)-- After reports over the weekend that the United States was attempting to secure the rights to any coronavirus vaccine developed by a German pharmaceutical company, German politicians offered strong rebukes on Monday. ... More


Havana, March 16 (RHC)-- At the request of British government, Cuba has authorized the docking in the country of MS Braemar cruise ship with small number of passengers testing positive for COVID-19.... More


Biopower plannt near the town of Ciro Redondo. Photo: Osvaldo Gutiérrez Gómez/ACN.

Havana, March 16 (RHC)--At 5:00 a.m. Sunday, the first biopower plant nbuilt in Cuba synchronized permanently with the National Power Grid (SEN )... More


Dr.Dr José Ernesto Betancourt Lavastida, director of Defense and Civil Defense of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) speaks upon arrival.

Caracas, March 16 (RHC) - A contingent of the Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade, specialized in disaster situations and serious epidemics, is in Venezuela to help in the fight against the new coronavirus.... More


) The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, declared this Sunday a social and collective quarantine in the states of La Guaira, Miranda, Cojedes, Zulia, Apure

Caracas, March 15 (RHC) The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, declared this Sunday a social and collective quarantine in the states of La Guaira, Miranda, Cojedes, Zulia, Apure, Táchira and the Capital District to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the Latin American country.... More


Spain's King Felipe VI delivers his speech during a ceremony to honor victims of terror attacks in Europe, on the 16th anniversary of Madrid attacks, at the Tro

Madrid, March 15 (RHC)-- Spain’s King Felipe VI has renounced any future personal inheritance he could receive from his father, King Emerit Juan Carlos I, over the alleged financial irregularities involving the former monarch, the country’s royal house announced Sunday.... More


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