9:00 p.m. round of applause

What started out as a whisper in some houses is now becoming a welcome reality. We Cubans are already joining the European initiative to applaud the health personnel. We do it right at 9:00 pm and the fortune of having only one-time zone makes possible that from Cabo de San Antonio to Punta de Maisí, all Cuba, be united in this beautiful act of gratitude.

Combatants of the Ministry of the Interior in Las Tunas in times of COVID-19

As part of the measures adopted by the Cuban Government to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Revolutionary Police (PNR) carries out preventive actions with the strengthening of surveillance and patrolling in the streets.

Dr. Aldo Cortés González

The hours of the day may seem too long for those who challenge the new coronavirus from social distancing as the best way to stay safe. They could even be distressing in the face of the apparent calm, especially to the youngest, those of indomitable spirit; just like the stubborn ones who comb gray hair. But the COVID-19 is not a game thing and there it is, still lukewarm, the pain of the mourning families and that of so many infected in the world.

PREVENGOVIR is a sublingual preparationCuba will shortly begin distributing a new medication, PREVENGHO-VIR, a homeopathic immunological booster, among the island's population to help prevent viral infections like COVID-19 and other common flu, Dr. Francisco Durán, Director of Epidemiology, announced on Sunday.