Pretoria, April 23, 2020 (RHC)-- South Africa made the delivery of a donation of supplies to combat the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus in Cuba, an action that is part of the close political and historical relations between the two nations.
The Guardian, 24 April 2020. The coronavirus pandemic must not be used as a pretext for authoritarian states to trample over individual human rights, or repress the free flow of information, the UN secretary general António Guterres warned today in a fresh attempt to bring the UN’s influence to bear on the crisis. He said what had started as a public health emergency was rapidly turning into a human rights crisis.
The Mast, 24 April 2020. CUBA has asked the United States government to stop attacking the World Health Organisation (WHO) and sovereign nations. The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs said now was not the time to show power but unity of purpose in fighting the coronavirus. In a statement, the MinREX said the coronavirus pandemic was attacking people indiscriminately.
The Nigerian Tribune, 22 April 2020. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has said the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa had risen to over 23,000.
Cubaminrex, 16 April 2020. 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.