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Diaz-Canel evaluates high Covid-19 incidence among pregnant women

Published on: August 11, 2021
12:53

Havana, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Wednesday expressed his concern about the deaths of 35 pregnant women in the country this year due to Covid-19.

Fewer Covid-19 cases and more deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa

Published on: August 11, 2021
11:45

Nairobi, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) Sub-Saharan Africa on Wednesday reported a slight decrease in Covid-19 cases, the second day of a flat sequence in this rate, according to the daily report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Cuba reports 8,936 new Covid-19 cases and 93 deaths

Published on: August 10, 2021
13:19

Havana, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) on Tuesday reported 8,936 new Covid-19 cases, a figure that shows a little change in the epidemiological situation in this nation.

Cuba reports 7,950 new Covid-19 cases and 77 deaths

Published on: August 9, 2021
13:45

Havana, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Monday reported 7,950 new Covid-19 cases, so the total number of contagions since March 2020 has risen to 466,169 (6.8 percent).

Twenty-two people killed in intercommunal clashes in Chad

Published on: August 9, 2021
13:20

N'Djamena, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) Twenty-two people were killed and 20 were injured in intercommunal clashes to control lands in western Hadjer-Lamis province, TchadInfos reported on Monday.

US is failing in fighting Covid-19

Published on: August 9, 2021
11:41

Washington, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) The director of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), Francis Collins, admitted that his country is failing in the fight against Covid-19, official media reported on Monday.

Conflicting reports on deaths in South Sudanese party

Published on: August 7, 2021
12:09

Juba, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) From two to 29 dead were reported today in South Sudan in clashes between rival factions of the political force of Vice President Riek Machar.

Cuba reports 8,886 Covid-19 cases and 75 deaths

Published on: August 6, 2021
12:55

Havana, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuban health authorities reported 8,886 Covid-19 cases and 75 deaths on Friday, due to complications related to the disease in the last 24 hours.

Official denies alleged illegal burials in Cuban province

Published on: August 6, 2021
12:47

Havana, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) Officials from eastern province of Santiago de Cuba denied fake news about alleged mass burials for the Covid-19 dead in that city, Granma newspaper reported on Friday.

Prensa Latina journalist Alfredo Garcia Pierrat dies

Published on: August 5, 2021
13:41

Havana, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) After a professional career of almost 50 years at the Latin American news agency, Prensa Latina, renowned Cuban journalist Alfredo Garcia Pierrat died of cancer in this capital on Wednesday.

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