Cubans celebrate no local transmission of COVID-19 for first time in four months [View all]

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HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba for the first time in 130 days on Sunday said there were no new domestic cases of COVID-19 as most of the country moved into the final phase of resuming normal activities with masks and social distancing.

Only a handful of COVID-19 cases were reported in Cuba over the last week, all in Havana. Most of the Caribbean island, home to 11.2 million inhabitants, has been free of the disease for more than a month.

Social distancing and wearing masks remain mandatory in most circumstances.

The Communist-run country has been given high marks for its textbook handling of the pandemic. Cuba’s robust and free community-based health system, door-to-door search for carriers, isolation of the sick, suspected cases and contacts has allowed it to keep the number of infections under 2,500 with 87 deaths.

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