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Cuba Sees A ‘New Normal’ In Pandemic, And Will Open Some Airports For Tourist Flights

Desmond Boylan
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AP via Miami Herald

Cuba has announced a series of new openings on the way to a coronavirus “new normal,” including reopening some airports to international tourist flights.

Prime Minister Manuel Marrero on Thursday unveiled a three-step plan to “move toward a new normal” and mitigate the economic impact on the island of the COVID-19 crisis and U.S. sanctions.

The provinces where airports will be reopened to international flights starting Monday will be Pinar del Río, Artemisa, Mayabeque, Matanzas, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, Camaguey, Las Tunas, Holguín, Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo.The government said Havana province will soon begin to receive international flights, but gave no date. Ciego de Ávila and Sancti Spíritus will remain closed because of coronavirus outbreaks in those provinces.

Read more at our news partner the Miami Herald.

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