Over 200 Cuban healthcare workers landed in South Africa on Monday morning, the latest of more than 20 medical brigades it has sent worldwide to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
The team — made up of doctors and specialists — will be deployed across the country.
They were kept in quarantine before leaving to minimize the risk of exposure.
#COVID19 | Cuban Health Specialists arrive in South Africa to support efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. The arrival of the 217 Cuban Health Specialists follows a request made by His Excellency President @CyrilRamaphosa to HE President Díaz Canel Bermúdez of Cuba. #CubaInSA pic.twitter.com/BVwQyiA0C5
— Presidency | South Africa
(@PresidencyZA) April 26, 2020
The group consists of the following: experts in the fields of epidemiology, biostatistics & public health; family physicians to guide interventions through door-to-door testing & to assist local health workers in health promotion & disease surveillance at the community level
pic.twitter.com/Gsy8mmUn0R
— Presidency | South Africa
“The advantage of Cuba is that they are a community health model, one that we would like to use,” Health Minister Zweli Mkhize told a news briefing earlier this month.
Cuba has sent around 1,200 healthcare workers largely to vulnerable African and Caribbean nations, but also to rich European countries such as Italy that have been particularly hard hit by the novel coronavirus.
South Africa has recorded 4,546 cases, including 87 deaths, with 168,643 people tested for the virus as of Sunday.
South Africa sent medical supplies to Cuba to assist in the fight against coronavirus in the plane that is now returning with the Cuban medical brigade, Cuba’s embassy there wrote on Twitter.
A donation from #SouthAfrica to assist in the fight vs #COVID19 was sent today to #Cuba. The special flight will return with a Cuban Medical Brigade of more than 200 Professionals to assist in the fight vs COVID19 in SA #BloqueoNoSolidaridadSi #CubaSalva pic.twitter.com/AeMg10wemD
— EmbassyCuba_in_ZA (@EmbassyCubaZA) April 23, 2020
“These are times of solidarity and cooperation. If we act together, we can halt the spread of coronavirus in a faster and more cost-effective manner,” Cuba’s ambassador to South Africa, Rodolfo Benítez Verson, said in a statement.
Cuba has more than 37,000 healthcare workers in 67 countries worldwide, according to the foreign ministry.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has urged nations not to accept Cuba’s medical missions on charges it exploits its workers, which Havana denies.
But the calls have largely gone unheeded as overwhelmed healthcare systems have welcomed the help.
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Source: Reuters
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