{"id":228932,"date":"2020-10-13T13:08:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T17:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=228932"},"modified":"2020-10-13T13:08:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T17:08:07","slug":"cuba-assumes-new-normal-as-strategy-to-face-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-assumes-new-normal-as-strategy-to-face-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba assumes \u201cnew normal\u201d as strategy to face COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuba changed its strategy this Monday to face the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">new coronavirus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through a \u201cnew normal\u201d that includes open public offices and shops and citizens\u2019 greater mobility, but with the mandatory use of masks and maintaining social distance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, the isolation in special centers of contacts of suspected cases will no longer be compulsory, as has been done so far, and domestic and foreign passengers could be received at all airports, except in Havana.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UcsCAusOjY\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-covid-19-and-the-new-normal-i\/\">Havana, COVID-19 and the \u201cnew normal\u201d (I)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Havana, COVID-19 and the \u201cnew normal\u201d (I)&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-covid-19-and-the-new-normal-i\/embed\/#?secret=1eCgoqoCZX#?secret=UcsCAusOjY\" data-secret=\"UcsCAusOjY\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authorities recognized the need to put the economy into operation, hit by seven months of closures and restrictions and by U.S. sanctions that seek to suffocate the island\u2019s finances to force a change in political model.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have never had that dilemma between health and the economy&#8230;the first thing is always the health of our people,\u201d Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Alejandro Gil Fern\u00e1ndez said this Monday in an appearance on primetime television. However, he underlined that in monetary terms the country\u2019s situation is \u201cvery tense.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although this \u201cnew normal\u201d will be applied in most of the country\u2019s provinces after weeks of control of the epidemic, in Havana, home to two million people and which had a complicated outbreak in August, there will still be limitations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authorities also asked citizens to support the state effort through self-care to prevent the transmission of the virus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is very difficult to be at home, we hope we will all be conscious because now it depends on all of us,\u201d Mar\u00eda Isabel Batista, a 58-year-old artisan, told <em>The Associated Press<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since March, when the first cases of COVID-19 were detected, the island has been closed to tourism, the most dynamic sector in the country and with annual revenues of close to 3 billion dollars and a similar figure for private entrepreneurs who operate homes for rent, restaurants or shops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All sectors were affected, from farmers, through transportation and services, as well as the remittances sent to the island by Cubans living abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Independent workers, emerging and still vulnerable economic actors, were among the most affected. Minister Gil Fern\u00e1ndez indicated that 250,000 entrepreneurs\u2015of the 600,000 existing ones\u2015had to suspend their licenses and 150,000 state workers interrupted their activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Cuba no ha dejado de pensar en el desarrollo de su econom\u00eda, a pesar del bloqueo y la pandemia <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SomosCuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SomosCuba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SomosContinuidad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SomosContinuidad<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KIeevrMAdY\">https:\/\/t.co\/KIeevrMAdY<\/a> Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Granma_Digital?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Granma_Digital<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel Berm\u00fadez (@DiazCanelB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiazCanelB\/status\/1315978430727548936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the drop in Cuba\u2019s Gross Domestic Product will exceed 8% this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cToday we are at a time when the level of discharges exceeds the daily cases (of COVID-19), in which Havana has come to be more controlled&#8230;and there is a group of provinces that have lived several months without reporting cases,\u201d said President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel last week when announcing the new strategy to face the coronavirus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Primary care\u2015the rapid diagnosis of cases, isolation, and house-to-house screenings by doctors and nurses\u2015was one of the bases for achieving relative control of infections and low mortality.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GrqG1ZTTEP\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-covid-19-and-the-new-normal-ii\/\">Havana, COVID-19 and the \u201cnew normal\u201d (II)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Havana, COVID-19 and the \u201cnew normal\u201d (II)&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-covid-19-and-the-new-normal-ii\/embed\/#?secret=YL7grGthJ0#?secret=GrqG1ZTTEP\" data-secret=\"GrqG1ZTTEP\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Monday the Ministry of Public Health reported that 22 new cases had been detected for almost 6,000 contagions since March, of which 123 have died.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although aware of the economic needs facing the island, the lines and the shortages, not everyone agreed due to the fear of a new outbreak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m not happy because I have children,\u201d said Edilia Delgado, a 35-year-old state worker who is concerned that her children will have to go back to school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On October 15, Varadero beach resort will open for international tourists, to be added to the hotels in the keys opened in July and it is expected that on November 2, face-to-face classes will resume in Havana, although in the rest of the provinces children are in school since September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tourists will undergo mandatory testing and epidemiological monitoring while on the island.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"mADwl22g3K\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/balneario-de-varadero-listo-para-recibir-turistas-internacionales\/\">Balneario de Varadero listo para recibir turistas internacionales<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abBalneario de Varadero listo para recibir turistas internacionales\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/balneario-de-varadero-listo-para-recibir-turistas-internacionales\/embed\/#?secret=xPxpj25189#?secret=mADwl22g3K\" data-secret=\"mADwl22g3K\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, Minister Gil Fern\u00e1ndez reported that work is underway on a plan to boost the economy that includes from promoting farmers\u2015removing obstacles to their production\u2015to encouraging exports and making self-employment more flexible\u2015small private entrepreneurs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this sense, he announced that a regulation will be released \u201cbefore the end of the year\u201d that will expand the possibilities of action of the private sector, emerging, small and still highly stigmatized in Cuba.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuba changed its strategy this Monday to face the new coronavirus through a \u201cnew normal\u201d that includes open public offices and shops and citizens\u2019 greater mobility, but with the mandatory use of masks and maintaining social distance. 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