HAVANA, Apr 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – Cuba announced the decision to suspend the arrival of international passenger flights and withdraw all foreign boats from the Carribean island, as part of the measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19.
The decision came as the Cuban Ministry of Public Health reported 16 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 earlier in the day, bringing the total in the country to 186.
Last week, Cuban President, Miguel Diaz Canel, urged state institutions, private sectors and the public, to increase control and discipline, so as to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.
Cuban Minister of Public Health, Jose Angel Portal, said, Cuban residents entering the country must be isolated for 14 days, at facilities set up by the government, while schools and universities were suspended for four weeks, from Mar 24 to Apr 20.
On Mar 20, Cuba said, it would restrict foreigners from entering for a month. The island nation reported its first COVID-19 case on Mar 11.
