"We are going to work for months and although the tornado affected us, we will continue working, the 500th Anniversary of Havana goes! Encourage, encourage, my people, that the darkest night always dawns on the day ... because #SomosCuba # We are Continuity and # VamosPorMás ".
With the aforementioned statement, the Special Informative Round Table conveyed on January 6 for all Cuba by Cuban television and radio, with the presence of the Council of Ministers, the Chief of the National General Staff of Civil Defense, authorities of Havana and union leaders, students and youth, who reviewed, from each of their responsibilities, the recovery process of Havana after the passage of the tornado.
"This was an event different from the ones we are used to taking in risk prevention and recovery plans for the effects of atmospheric phenomena, because the tornado is not an event that can be predicted." Information had been given from weather assessments , effects with thunderstorms, high probability of rain, which we could not anticipate could be an event of this scale magnitude F4, of great magnitude, "explained Diaz-Canel.
He underlined the rapid response of the leaders and cadres of the PCC and government, of the National Civil Defense Staff, and cooperation with agencies of the Central State Administration. "It should be noted that firefighters, rescue workers, emergency services, the FAR, and the people came in. From the first moment the town was present," the Cuban leader said.
The capital has experienced intense days of solidarity and cooperation, and with that spirit reported in the Round Table Information Division General Ramón Pardo Guerra, Chief of the National Civil Defense Staff, who stressed that in just 7 days more was achieved 90% of the vitality in affected areas.
René Mesa Villasana, Minister of Construction, reported that to date have been transferred to the affected areas a total of 2 thousand 333 tanks, 2 thousand 013 door modules, one thousand 100 hydraulic modules, in addition to sanitary modules, keys and bulbs.
Data of interest provided by the MICONS
5,334 homes visited, reported as affected.
4 thousand 812 houses advanced in their recovery and with technical opinion.
505 total landslides
757 partial landslides
804 total ceilings
1453 partial roofs
1815 that correspond to the loss of some raincoats, slabs, etc. (There are currently 50 percent of the slabs needed for repairs in the places designated for the subsidy of materials)
More than 900 families have received materials
Until February 6 there are 289 cases resolved
There are 2 thousand 333 tanks.
370 tons of steel already placed in Havana and its Traces.
244 cubic meters of wood at distribution points.
1449 complete metal roofs already in the capital and that are being distributed.
30 thousand tiles of asbestos cement for partial roofs, distributed and in the points for this activity.
As for cement, 1261 tons have been delivered to date; 3029 cubic meters of aggregate and 105 thousand 305 blocks.
Dr. José Angel Portal Miranda, Minister of Public Health, acknowledged the work of doctors, nurses and health workers in general to treat patients in hospital centers during the passage of the Tornado. The municipality Diez de Octubre was the most affected in the sector, especially the hospital known as Daughters of Galicia.
The Minister of Commerce Betsy Díaz Velázquez assured that the Internal Trade always has to act immediately, prioritizing the people evacuated and affected. He highlighted the performance of many workers who even injured people went to their work centers to support the productions, the care of those affected and the provisioning of the evacuees. Up to now, 947 files have been prepared, a dossier made by the Office of Procedures for the acquisition of construction materials by the victims.
Raúl García Barreiro, Minister of Energy and Mines, informed in the Round Table that already on Thursday the 31st the electricity service was 97% in the affected areas and on Saturday the essentials were completed. He also affirmed that the manufactured gas network of Havana maintained the service all the time and the work to alleviate the focused gas leaks was quickly corrected.
García Barreiro said that electricity service in the capital of Cuba has normal conditions since last Saturday, February 2, while the President of Hydraulic Resources, Antonio Rodríguez Rodríguez, said that on January 28 (the day after the event) in coordination with the Ministry of Energy and Mines, all water pumping stations had electricity.
Meanwhile the head of Communications, Jorge Luis Perdomo, stressed that currently



















