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14ymedio, Havana, 12 January 2022 — The progressive increase in coronavirus cases in Cuba will be the norm from now on, and will increase, at least during the first quarter of the year. “[There will be a] rapid growth in the number of confirmed cases, with high peaks, which could strain the health system, but … Continue reading “Experts Predict ‘High Peaks’ of Covid in Cuba Until March”

14ymedio, Natalia López Moya, Havana, 6 January 2022 — With 1,429 new positive cases for covid-19 reported this Thursday, Cuba exceeded one thousand infections registered in one day, a figure that the Ministry of Public Health had not reported since last October 25 when it reported 1,210 patients. With the increase in cases — this … Continue reading “Cuba Exceeds 1,000 Covid Cases and Changes the Isolation Protocols”

14ymedio, Havana, 7 January 2021 — Cuban baseball is in crisis. This Friday it was revealed that Yunior Tur, one of the best pitching prospects, has been missing for two days, and the abandonment of Eriandy Ramón, the third athlete to escape since the start of 2022, and six players from the Las Tunas team … Continue reading “An Athlete Missing, Another Escapes, a Covid Outbreak, Cuban Baseball Today”

14ymedio, Havana, 4 January 2022 — Covid19 cases continue their rise in Cuba, which this Tuesday adds 673 positives, 117 more than the previous day. There have been no deaths since December 31, but there are 21 seriously ill and four critical in Cuban hospitals. By provinces, Matanzas with 105 and Pinar del Río with … Continue reading “Covid Cases Continue to Grow in Cuba, Especially in Matanzas and Pinar del Rio”

14ymedio, Havana, 14 December 2021 — On Monday afternoon the poet Georgina Herrera died due to complications from the coronavirus, several days after having been admitted to the Salvador Allende hospital, La Covadonga in Havana. “Today, in Cuba, from covid, the great poet has just died,” Puerto Rican writer Mayra Santos-Febres said in a post. … Continue reading “Cuban Poet Georgina Herrera Dies of Covid”

14ymedio, Brussels, 15 November 2021 —  The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, assured this Monday that Spain “will not give up” until the Cuban authorities return “all credentials” to all journalists from the Efe Agency in Havana, stripped of them on Saturday without receiving an explanation. The Secretary of State for Latin America … Continue reading “Cuban Embassy in Spain Hides Behind Covid to Ignore the Call of the Spanish Government”

14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 2 November 2021– In Central Havana the garbage cans have overflowed again. On Jovellar street, at the corner of Hospital, residents complain about the mountain of waste that mixes with the sewage water right in front of Medical Office Number 20. “If the covid does not kill us, other diseases … Continue reading ““If the Covid Doesn’t Kill Us, the Garbage Will,” Lament Residents of Central Havana”

14ymedio, Havana, 22 October 2021 — There is concern in Sancti Spíritus about the situation regarding covid-19. While there is a widespread sense that the pandemic is showing a general downward trend in infections, the province not only has the highest official rate of coronavirus cases, but it does not detect all of them. The … Continue reading “Sancti Spiritus, With its Damaged Laboratory and an Alarming Level of Covid”

14ymedio, 17 October 2021,Havana — The population over 50 years of age continues to be the most vulnerable to covid-19 in Cuba, which this Sunday presented a slight increase in cases after a week of decreases. Some 21 deaths were reported from the coronavirus and of those, 20 of the were people over 50. Based on the figures from … Continue reading “After a Dropping for a Week, Covid Numbers Rise Slightly in Cuba”

14ymedio, Havana, 1 October 2021 — On Thursday, Cuba marked the death by Covid-19 of another soldier, José Ramón Silva Berroa, who fought in the Sierra Maestra under the orders of Ernesto Che Guevara. In 1958, reports a note in Granma, he was appointed captain of the Rebel Army and participated in what is known as the Las Villas … Continue reading “Colonel Jose Ramon Silva Berroa, Founder of the Cuban Communist Party, Dies of Covid”

14ymedio, Havana, 16 September 2021 — It has not been three days since the official press announced the preparation of the city of Trinidad for the return of tourism starting in November, but until that time comes, there will be little opening. This Thursday, new restrictions come into force to contain coronavirus infections, which in recent days have been skyrocketing … Continue reading “Covid in Cuba: New Restrictions in Trinidad: ‘Soon the Numbers Will be Much More Alarming’”

14ymedio, Alberto Hernández, Santiago de Cuba 10 September 2021 — “I feel like the government has abandoned us to our fate.” The person complaining is Manuel, a private transporter from Santiago de Cuba who has been unable to work for more than two months. “It’s been more than a month since I wrote to the governor of the city, Beatriz … Continue reading “Santiago de Cuba’s Self-Employed Desperate With the Covid Shutdown”