Foreign arrivals in Cuba will be subject to a temperature check and coronavirus diagnostic test on arrival and will not be allowed to move freely until the results of the test around 24 hours later, according to a report on the official news portal Cubadebate. Photo: AFP

This year's global public health crisis has dealt a tough blow to the communist country's sclerotic economy, which was already struggling with fresh U.S. sanctions and declining tourism revenues.

Foreign arrivals will be subject to a temperature check and coronavirus diagnostic test on arrival and will not be allowed to move freely until the results of the test around 24 hours later, according to a report on the official news portal Cubadebate.

Travelers will also be required to take a second COVID-19 test five days later and pay an unspecified "health tax" to cover the cost of the test protocols, the report said.

Cuba appears to have largely kept a lid on local coronavirus cases, with just 7,392 cases and 130 deaths since the pandemic began.