Leon Binedell, president of the Sherritt International company, affirmed that this Canadian entity will maintain its presence in Cuba despite the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States on the island.

President Miguel Diaz-Canel expressed Cuba's satisfaction with cooperating with Latin American and Caribbean nations in the search for solutions to common problems, such as the fight against Covid-19.

Holguín is strengthening the measures included in the protocol of confrontation, prevention and control against COVID-19 in the face of the threat of the Omicron variant, which has spread in more than 110 countries and it is estimated that the exponential increase in cases in the last week in Cuba is related to this disease.