Cuban medical collaboration takes compliments in Egypt

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16 June 2020

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Cairo, June 16 (Prensa Latina) Despite the geographical distance that separates Cuba from Egypt, the island's medical collaboration and the performance of its healthcare professionals are taking compliments in Egypt.

In a comprehensive article in the Egyptian Ahram newspaper, journalist Kamal Gaballa highlighted the solidarity work of the nation's doctors in the fight against Covid-19, stating that they lead the white-coat armies in the war against the disease.

The peoples of the world will not forget the warm welcome, the applause and the tears of the Cuban healthcare professionals dressed as heroes when their plane landed in Milan, en route to the rescue of the Lombardy province, one of the most hit by the lethal pneumonia, added the text.

Although it is ? Gaballa explained - a small Caribbean State of only 11 million people suffering the US economic blockade, the nation managed to send dozens of brigades including doctors, nurses and assistants to numerous countries, including Italy, Mexico, Argentina and Venezuela.

Likewise, the reporter of Ahram newspaper (meaning The Pyramids in Spanish), underscored the success of Cuba in fighting against the pandemic within its territory, despite the limitations derived from the prolonged blockade maintained by successive US administrations.

Given this blockade, Cuba trusted its own potential, the high reputation of the healthcare system, the field of biotechnology and preventive care, so the country used an antiviral treatment also used in Wuhan province, China where the outbreak appeared, pointed out the article.