Georgetown, Guyana. April 16, 2020. The impact of COVID19 can now be measured and can be evaluated in the future by the impressive number of people infected, by unacceptable mortality rates, by undisputed damage to the world economy, production, and trade as well as the employment and personal income of millions of people. It is a crisis that far exceeds the health field.
Embassy of the Republic of Cuba
Obituary
The Embassy of the Republic of Cuba to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana wishes to express its heartfelt condolences for the physical disappearance of the Honorable Mr. Komal Chand, President of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU).
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND WITH THE AIM OF PRESERVING THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE CONSULATE AND THE PERSONNEL WHO WORKS THEREIN, FROM THE 1/4/2020 THE FOLLOWING MEASURES WILL BE TAKEN:
1.- PEOPLE WILL BE ATTENDED BY APPOINTMENT PRIOR TO REQUEST THROUGH THE TELEPHONE: 592 225 1881
Havana, March 19, 2020.- Given the serious international epidemiological situation due to the high level of spread of the new Coronavirus (SARS CoV 2 / Covid-19), and its accelerated expansion, the Cuban Consulates abroad have adopted measures, aimed at protecting Cuban nationals who request services and Cuban officials who work in our country's consular offices abroad from possible contagion. Temporarily, the following measures will come into effect from this Thursday, March 19:
Excellencies:
We thank Mexico, President Pro Tempore of CELAC, for convening this meeting to discuss the necessary regional response to COVID-19, a disease that has quickly become a threat to all of our peoples.
We are pleased that the Pan American Health Organization is joining us in this regard.
We also thank the authorities of the People's Republic of China for sharing their best practices, as a reliable example of the cooperation that has distinguished the CELAC-China Forum.