Health workers' performance in the confrontation with COVID-19 recognized

Havana, April 10 (RHC)--Manuel Marrero Cruz, member of the Political Bureau and Prime Minister of the Republic, conveyed to the island's health workers the infinite recognition of the Party and the Government for the leading role in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Consecration is not enough, but it must be reflected in results, and you have demonstrated it. We are convinced that you will continue giving the best for the Cuban people, he said during the Ministry of Public Health's annual work assessment meeting corresponding to 2021.

He pointed out that the battle to save lives has been influenced by the tightening of the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States, which has had an impact on all sectors of society, but in a significant way on health and on the acquisition of resources for medical assistance and the production of medicines.

No government, he said, was prepared for SARS-CoV-2, and the country's results were influenced by the Plan for confronting COVID-19, the different versions of the national action protocol, the role of health personnel and students, the compliance with hygienic-sanitary measures, and the development of the five vaccine candidates, three of the vaccines.