Kingston, Jamaica, 14 February 2021. Dr. the Honourable Christopher Tufton, Jamaica's Minister of Health and Wellness called doctors and nurses who provide health care in the country "health heroes," including members of the Cuban Medical Brigade that works in this nation. He made such recognition on the "day of love and friendship", when he posted it on his Twitter account.
Kingston, Jamaica, 11 February 2021. - On February 10 in the morning, the Honourable Marisa Dalrymple Philibert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, received the Ambassador of Cuba to the Caribbean nation, H.E Mrs. Inés Fors Fernández, at the Jamaican Parliament.
Kingston, Jamaica, 11 February 2021. Leaders of Jamaica’s Association of Graduates from Cuban Colleges reiterated their support for and solidarity with Cuba.
Doctors Lorenzo Gordon and Neville Graham referred to the positive impact of Cuba’s medical cooperation in Jamaica, highlighting the important contribution made by professionals from the Greatest Island in the Antilles to the fight against COVID-19.
Kingston, Jamaica, 8 February 2021.- The renowned Jamaican newspaper ‘The Observer’ published in its Sunday edition of February 7, 2021, two articles on the cooperation that Cuba provides in the Caribbean nation. The article was based on a conversation between the press and Dr. José Armando Arronte Villamarín, Head of the Cuban Medical Mission.
Kingston, Jamaica, 5 February 2021.- For Dr. Reynel Isalgué Isalgué, Head of the Cuban Education Brigade in Jamaica, the year 2020 posted an unprecedented challenge for teaching as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, which determined the massive closure of face-to-face activities of educational institutions, a reality Jamaica could not escape from.