Cuba's Gross Domestic Product decreased by 11% in 2020 due to the strong contraction of foreign trade, the reduction of international tourism and foreign currency income, due to the effects of the COVID-19 and the reinforcing of Washington's blockade on the island.
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The General Staff of Cuba's Civil Defense (DC) issued a hurricane warning for Pinar del Río, Artemisa, and the Isla de la Juventud special municipality, due to the proximity of Tropical Storm Idalia.
The Cuban Center for State Control of Medicines, Equipment and Medical Devices approved the phase I/II clinical trial to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the vaccine candidate Mambisa -intranasal- and the Abdala vaccine -intramuscular-, a study to boost immunity in convalescents of COVID-19.
Read more Cuba approves clinical trial with Mambisa and Abdala in COVID-19 convalescents
Faced with growing hostility and hardened blockade by the US administration, the Cuban Government has been forced to take short-term measures to cope with what amounts to an all-out economic war, President Miguel Diaz-Canel explained in a nationally televised appearance.
Read more Growing US Hostility Forces Cuba toTake Contingency Measures
The inclusion of Cuban beaches in the best lists of analysis of world tourism shows the archipelago as significant for sea voyages.
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