The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba repudiates in the strongest terms the measures announced by the government of the United States on June 4, 2019, which reinforces the economic blockade imposed on the island for more than 60 years, at a cost for the Cuban economy that in 2018 exceeded 134 billion dollars at current prices and the figure of 933 billion dollars, taking into account the dollar´s depreciation against the value of gold in the international market.
Read more Statement by the Revolutionary Government on New US Measures
In order to prepare families and people who work with children with Down Syndrome, the workshop "Love Chromosome “was recently held in the northeastern city of Holguín.
Read more Workshop on Down Syndrome held in Holguín
While reinforcing border surveillance, Cuba is working on a protocol for the diagnosis and treatment of so-called monkeypox, which already affects nearly 200 people in some 15 nations, confirmed the country's Hygiene and Epidemiology authorities.
Read more To be alert and prevented in the face of global monkeypox outbreak
Cuba has registered four vaccine candidates against Covid-19 that are currently on clinical trials, after Mambisa and Abdala, developed by the Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center (CIGB), were authorized for this phase of the study.
Read more Cuba has four vaccine candidates against Covid-19 on clinical trials
The substitution of imports in order to reduce the country's expenses and benefit vulnerable population groups is being promoted by the Acuanipe Business Unit, attached to the Holguin Fishing Enterprise (PescaHol), in the northeastern territory.
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