{"id":2080,"date":"2020-06-09T20:37:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T20:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=2080"},"modified":"2020-06-09T20:47:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T20:47:26","slug":"cuba-declares-covid-19-under-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuba-declares-covid-19-under-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba declares COVID-19 \u2018under control\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cuban government says coronavirus pandemic is \u2018under control\u2019 after nine days without a death from COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/665003303001\/4k5gFJHRe_default\/index.html?videoId=6162595239001&amp;usrPersonaAds=0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Latin America is the world&#8217;s worst-hit region by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But while cases continue to skyrocket in countries like Brazil and Mexico, the island nation of Cuba has gone nine straight days without a single virus-related death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The early detection and containment strategies the country put in place seem to have paid off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al Jazeera\u2019s Manuel Rapalo reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/06\/cuba-declares-covid-19-under-control-200609093708000.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Al Jazeera News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cuban government says coronavirus pandemic is \u2018under control\u2019 after nine days without a death from COVID-19. 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