Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The impact of COVID19 can already be measured and will be assessed in the future by the striking numbers of people infected, the unacceptable numbers of deaths, the unquestionable damages to the world economy, production, trade, employment and personal income of millions of people. It is a crisis that goes well beyond the scope of health.
To the World Movement of Solidarity with Cuba.
Havana, 30 March 2020.- Fourteen brigades of the Cuban International Contingent of Specialized Physicians in Disaster Situations and Serious Epidemics "Henry Reeve", fight in other nations the new coronavirus SARS CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, which has been to more than 174 countries.
Athens, 30 March. Today Manolis Glezos passed away at the age of 98. Physically disappears one of the legends of Greece's political history. Receive the deepest condolences for his family and friends, and the people of Greece.
Havana, March 26, 2020.- Francisco Durán, director of epidemiology at the Ministry of Public Health, reported in a press conference that the 45-year-old Russian citizen hospitalized in Cuba, had died from complications associated with Covid-19 and other chronic conditions, in this case a history of Type II diabetes mellitus, despite a concerted effort on the part of a team of doctors.
Of the 67 patients diagnosed with the disease, 64 remain hospitalized, including two in critical condition.