CUBA’S medical mission has been recommended for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of its efforts in the fight against the global Covid-19 pandemic.
French solidarity organisation Cuba Linda has called for the award to be given to the Cuban Henry Reeve Medical Brigade which has deployed health workers to more than 20 countries affected by the virus.
More than 20 thousand sterling pounds (around 25 thousand dollars) have been raised until this Monday by the Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) in the United Kingdom, to help the Caribbean island fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
"On behalf of the CSC, I want to thank all those who responded so quickly to the emergency appeal," said the director of the Campaign, Rob Miller, on Monday in a statement denouncing the impact of the US blockade against the Antillean country.
More than 200 doctors from Cuba are due to arrive in South Africa to help fight coronavirus.
The medics left on a plane that first carried a donation of South African medical supplies to the Caribbean island, its embassy in Pretoria said.
They are among 1,200 healthcare workers sent to battle Covid-19 in 22 countries that have requested help from the communist state.
South Africa is to begin easing strict lockdown restrictions next month.
With the synchronization of the Bioelectric plant of the Ciro Redondo Power Station in the province of Ciego de Avila to the Cuban National Electric Energy System (SEN,by its Spanish initials), one of the objectives of Biopower S.A. has been met. Biopower S.A. is a company of Cuban and British capital, belonging to the Azcuba Group, created to design and build 5 plants of this type, which will generate 300 MW, from sugar cane waste and marabou chips.
Cubans residing in the United Kingdom appeal today to the generosity of people to help the Caribbean island manufacture the mechanical ventilators, which are forbidden to purchase due to the U.S. blockade.
According to the organization, the objective of the ´crowdfunding´ campaign is to raise funds to purchase components that allow Cuban institutions to manufacture these kinds of equipment from designs published online by several universities.