<span style="color: #222222;">Cuba has sealed its borders from today to guard against the spread of the COVID-19. Cuba's Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said that all tourists still in hotels will be placed in quarantine and they cannot leave the hotel until they find a flight home. Mr Marrero said that there were 32,500 holidaymakers from overseas on the Caribbean island till yesterday.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Of the 32,500 tourists already on the island, 9,400 are staying in homestays. According to the government, they will be moved to state-run hotels.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Some of them rushed to the airport in Havana, anxious about their chances of finding a flight. Many flights are already full and carriers have started cancelling routes.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Economically crippled by US sanctions, Cuba is largely dependent on its tourism revenue.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The country has so far counted 40 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Car rentals and tour excursions have also been cancelled.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The prime minister has banned the entry of new tourists and added that almost all hotels on the island would be closed.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Authorities yesterday also announced one-month-long school closures, an unprecedented move not seen since the 1959 revolution made education and health two of the country's main pillars.</span><br />''  <br />