The group is the latest of more than 20 medical brigades it has sent worldwide to combat the coronavirus pandemic, in what some call socialist solidarity and others medical diplomacy.• experts in the fields of epidemiology, biostatistics, and public health;
Minister of Defence Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was part of the ministerial committee who welcomed the team on their arrival at the Waterkloof air base. She told the group that their arrival on the day South Africa is celebrating Freedom Day is os special significance. The administration of US President Donald Trump has urged nations not to accept Cuba's medical missions on charges it exploits its workers, which Havana denies. But the calls have largely gone unheeded as overwhelmed healthcare systems have welcomed the help.
"The advantage of Cuba is that they are a community health model, one that we would like to use," South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize told a news briefing earlier this month. South Africa sent medical supplies to Cuba to assist in the fight against coronavirus in the plane that is now returning with the Cuban medical brigade, Cuba's embassy there wrote on Twitter."These are times of solidarity and cooperation. If we act together, we can halt the spread of coronavirus in a faster and more cost effective manner," Cuba's ambassador to South Africa, Rodolfo Benítez Verson, said in a statement.
TheCapeArgus What happened to employing South Africans first
Will these fucks be quarantined too?
they must be sent back since they are foreigners , SAns hate foreigners period
Social distancing?
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