The group demands that its works exhibited in the permanent and temporary exhibition rooms of the National Museum of Fine Arts “be covered in such a way as to prevent their communication with the public and that those that are not on exhibit also be withdrawn from the Museum’s website” while their demands are not met, including the release of opposition activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, admitted for three weeks in a Havana hospital.

Active cases decreased to 6,786 and there were 1,260 discharges on the day, with which 128,874 patients have already recovered from COVID-19 on the island.

Dr. Francisco Durán said that the measures have been taken taking into account and given the appearance of infections in the community, after the arrival of travelers, mostly Cubans, who are responsible for the imported infections.

“The key is to sternly demand compliance with the established measures, which are precisely determined in each of the municipalities,” said Luis Antonio Torres Iríbar, president of the Provincial Defense Council (CDP) of the Cuban capital.

Of the 1,291 infections, 1,249 occurred by autochthonous transmission, predominant in recent months, although Dr. Francisco Durán stressed in his daily press conference that high numbers of imported cases have also been registered, 42 this day.

The figure represents 918,387 fewer visitors compared to a similar period in 2020, Cuba’s National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI) disclosed on its website.

Infections decreased to 1,155, of them 1,118 were due to autochthonous transmission, 1,078 were contacts of confirmed cases and 37 were imported cases, with an incidence of Cuban travelers from Russia (33), Dominican Republic (two), Poland (one) and Panama (one).

The draft of the Criminal Procedure Law recognizes the right of all accused to have a lawyer within 24 hours, if they are detained, and within five days after the complaint, if they are free.

In addition, this Sunday the island again reported 14 deaths in one day, with which the death toll from COVID-19 now stands at 223 in the fifth month of 2021 and 877 throughout the pandemic.

The authorities continue to carry out the health intervention against the new coronavirus.

At a meeting on the future Family Code, the president pointed out that the code will undergo a referendum “because of its importance, because they are issues with a very wide-ranging conception, which encompass our entire society,” and reaffirmed that it is not restricted only to the issue of same-sex marriage but rather that “it is much more.”

In just 20 days in May, 22,921 cases have been reported, with an average of 1,146 per day. In that period, COVID-19 caused the death of 195 people, with which the death toll already stands at 849 and to date the fatality rate remains at 0.65%.

However, Cuban specialists aspire to higher figures, as confirmed by the Director of Clinical Research at the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Dr. Verena Muzio.

The immunization process is being carried out in 44 sites located in the province’s 13 municipalities.

The measure took effect this May 20.

Two of the patients in ICUs are infants, one of them 20 days old. This time the number of confirmed active cases in pediatric ages reached, according to Dr. Francisco Durán, the highest figure: 1,060.

As OnCuba learned, the criticism stems from alleged irregularities in the acquisition of Caracol Radio 1260 AM and a new conservative editorial policy.

The Joe Biden government has authorized the transfer of three prisoners from the Guantánamo Naval Base, although it is still unknown where they will go and when the transfer would take place, U.S. media reported this Tuesday. These three inmates, the first to receive the notification since Biden became president, join six others who already have Washington’s approval to leave Guantánamo, although they have been waiting years for the transfer, which has to be to another country. https://oncubanews.com/mundo/ee-uu/pentagono-toma-financiacion-de-base-de-guantanamo-para-muro-de-trump/?amp The decision was made early last week by the attorney general, the director of national intelligence, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security and State, according to The New York Times. In total, only 40 of the nearly 800 inmates that the prison camp came to house remain at the naval base after the camp opened in 2002, ordered by then-President George W. Bush in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks.  The remaining 31 inmates are awaiting trial or are considered too dangerous to be released, despite not being able to present evidence against them since it was obtained under torture. The three new inmates with the authorized transfer are Pakistani Saifullah Paracha,...

Active cases reported by MINSAP rose to the second highest number during the pandemic; although this indicator does have a spike in pediatric ages, as Dr. Francisco Durán underlined. There were eight deceased.

It will include in its route Varadero and Cayo Coco, popular Cuban sun and beach destinations, both with a weekly flight starting July 3.

Now there are 16,443 children and adolescents who have suffered from the coronavirus since its inception in March 2020. 12 deaths were also reported on the day. There were 1,412 discharges.

Through its Twitter account, the Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported that 255,896 health workers and 186,499 residents of the Havana municipalities involved in the campaign have already received their shot at least once.

This time 1,089 discharges were reported while there were 10 deaths. The number of patients in ICUs rose to 126: 40 in critical condition and 86 in serious condition.

Alberto Fernández’s statements were issued almost at the end of an exclusive interview for the Argentine C5N channel about the results of his recent European tour, as well as about the measures taken to stop the outbreak of coronavirus in Argentina.

Eight deaths from Havana, Pinar del Río, Camagüey and Matanzas were also reported.