The COVID-19 pandemic makes clear the need to cooperate despite political differences
The impact of COVID-19 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. The pandemic has emerged and spread amidst a scenario previously marked by overwhelming economic and social inequalities within and among nations. With the unprecedented wave of migrants and refugees, xenophobia and racial discrimination have reemerged.
Cuban medical brigade in Qatar to help fight COVID-19
Cuba's solidarity hand also reached Qatar with more than 200 doctors and nurses from the Henry Reeve Brigade. To this should be added the 500 professionals from the Cuban Hospital in Dukhan, which has been converted for several days into a Hospital Center for the care of patients with COVID-19. Dr Abdullatif al Khal, Co-Chair of the National Pandemic Preparedness Committee, told Abdulaziz al Nasser, a Qatari anchor at beIN Sports, reproduced by the Qatar “Qatar has asked Cuba to send a number of doctors and nurses to help tackle the virus.
Cuba fights illicit drug trafficking and the United States knows it
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounces accusations of drug trafficking by Cuba and Venezuela, published in Newsweek magazine and attributed to a high-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Defense. Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex) sent a communiqué to the United States embassy in Havana, denouncing a claim published in Newsweek magazine, in an article dated April 3, 2020, by a “senior official" of the United States Department of Defense, according to which the U.S.
Individuals have key role in fighting COVID-19, Cuban Ambassador says
The Peninsula Newspaper, Qatar- Doha
Despite the decisions taken by the government as preventive and precautionary measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus, companies and individuals also have a key role in fighting the virus.
Ambassador of Cuba to Qatar, Emilio Caballero Rodriguez, has appreciated the procedures taken by the government to fight coronavirus.
The history of interferon in Cuba, in use today to treat Covid-19
Cuba’s pride in Interferon Alfa 2b is a natural reaction given the international prestige enjoyed by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology which produces the medication
Recombinant Human Interferon Alpha 2b continues to make headlines around the world and captures the interest of readers given its effectiveness in treating patients with the new SARS Cov-2 coronavirus, which causes the illness known as Covid-19.