{"id":222575,"date":"2020-06-09T19:57:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T23:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=222575"},"modified":"2020-06-09T19:57:34","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T23:57:34","slug":"medical-brigade-that-fought-the-pandemic-in-lombardy-arrives-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/medical-brigade-that-fought-the-pandemic-in-lombardy-arrives-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical brigade that fought the pandemic in Lombardy arrives in Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/contribute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Help us keep OnCuba alive here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A brigade of <a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/medicos-cubanos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cuban doctors<\/a> who participated for more than two months in the fight against <a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19<\/a> in Lombardy, the region of Italy most affected by the pandemic, returned Monday to Havana, where Cuban President <a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/miguel-diaz-canel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel<\/a> welcomed them through a television broadcast they saw at the airport.<\/p>\n<p>The 52-member health brigade which is part of the Henry Reeve internationalist contingent \u2015specialized in disasters and serious epidemics\u2015was the first to leave Cuba to assist in controlling the pandemic at the request of the Italian authorities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Con tremenda emoci\u00f3n y admiraci\u00f3n dimos bienvenida a nuestros Valientes. Un abrazo desde el coraz\u00f3n y los sentimientos, desde la distancia f\u00edsica, pero cercanos por la gratitud ante el ejemplo. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CubaPorLaVida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CubaPorLaVida<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x8cemkJfmY\">pic.twitter.com\/x8cemkJfmY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel Berm\u00fadez (@DiazCanelB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiazCanelB\/status\/1270140921116594184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The reception of the brigade of 36 doctors, 15 nurses and a logistics specialist at Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed airport in Havana had extensive media coverage in the Caribbean country, although it was marked by strict biosecurity measures according to established protocols.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The reception<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel, accompanied by Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, Public Health Minister Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Portal, and other high government representatives, participated through a video appearance in the official ceremony welcoming the medical brigade\u2015broadcast live on state television.<\/p>\n<p>In his message, the Cuban president highlighted the \u201cexample\u201d and the \u201cintense, risky and heroic\u201d work carried out by the doctors, as well as the \u201cdeep rejoicing\u201d for their \u201cvictorious\u201d return with \u201cthe most humanitarian and noble of the missions accomplished: saving lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_222577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222577\" style=\"width: 1300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Brigada-cubana-Lombard\u00eda-coronavirus-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-222577\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Brigada-cubana-Lombard\u00eda-coronavirus-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Brigada-cubana-Lombard\u00eda-coronavirus-1.jpeg 1300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Brigada-cubana-Lombard\u00eda-coronavirus-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Brigada-cubana-Lombard\u00eda-coronavirus-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Brigada-cubana-Lombard\u00eda-coronavirus-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Brigada-cubana-Lombard\u00eda-coronavirus-1-750x500.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Brigada-cubana-Lombard\u00eda-coronavirus-1-1140x760.jpeg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-222577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arrival of the Cuban doctors who worked in the Italian region of Lombardy in the midst of a coronavirus crisis. Photo: EFE\/Yamil Lage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He also praised the medical brigade\u2019s \u201cnoble gesture\u201d and willingness to \u201cdefy death\u201d and stressed that \u201cpeople from all parts of the world trust in the professional and human quality of health workers in Cuba.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his words of recognition, D\u00edaz-Canel told the brigade members that \u201cthey have shown the world a truth that Cuba\u2019s enemies have tried to silence or misrepresent: the strength of Cuban medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In this sense, the president reiterated his denunciations of a \u201chuge, million dollars\u2019 worth and mendacious campaign of discredit and infamous attacks\u201d by \u201cU.S. spokesmen\u201d against the Cuban government.<\/p>\n<p>Medical missions have become a battlefront between Cuba and the United States, which urges countries that request aid from Havana to examine agreements with its government, which they accuse of withholding most of the salary of health personnel while exposing them to \u201cappalling working conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuba, for its part, calls these accusations \u201clies\u201d and \u201cimmoral campaign\u201d and has asked to put aside \u201cpettiness and hostility\u201d in the midst of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>D\u00edaz-Canel expressed his country\u2019s \u201chealthy pride\u201d for the growing international movement to nominate the Henry Reeve contingent brigades for the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_222578\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222578\" style=\"width: 1300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/M\u00e9dicos-cubanos-Crema-coronavirus-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-222578\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/M\u00e9dicos-cubanos-Crema-coronavirus-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/M\u00e9dicos-cubanos-Crema-coronavirus-1.jpeg 1300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/M\u00e9dicos-cubanos-Crema-coronavirus-1-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/M\u00e9dicos-cubanos-Crema-coronavirus-1-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/M\u00e9dicos-cubanos-Crema-coronavirus-1-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/M\u00e9dicos-cubanos-Crema-coronavirus-1-750x501.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/M\u00e9dicos-cubanos-Crema-coronavirus-1-1140x762.jpeg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-222578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A welcome sign receives Cuban doctors arriving in Havana (Cuba) from Europe this Monday. The first Cuban medical brigade of the Henry Reeve contingent arrived this Monday at Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed International Airport after a two-month mission in Italy. Photo: EFE\/Yamil Lage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This brigade that provided services in the red zone of the Italian city of Crema (Lombardy) was transferred this Monday to Las Praderas international health center where it will remain for two weeks under strict quarantine.<\/p>\n<p>Cuba has sent 34 brigades\u2015made up of 3,337 doctors and nurses\u2015at the request of the authorities of 27 countries in Africa, America and Europe. So far they have treated more than 61,000 patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, according to data from the island\u2019s Ministry of Public Health.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EWKrxtqWGC\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuban-doctors-and-the-coronavirus-pandemic\/\">Cuban doctors and the coronavirus pandemic<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Cuban doctors and the coronavirus pandemic&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuban-doctors-and-the-coronavirus-pandemic\/embed\/#?secret=M9nUKY2457#?secret=EWKrxtqWGC\" data-secret=\"EWKrxtqWGC\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Henry Reeve international medical contingent was created by the late former President Fidel Castro in 2005 to help the state of Louisiana (USA) after the devastating passage of Hurricane Katrina, but Washington rejected the aid.<\/p>\n<p>About five years ago, members of the Henry Reeve contingent helped control the Ebola epidemic in Africa, and their work was recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) with an award in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/contribute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Help us keep OnCuba alive here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help us keep OnCuba alive here A brigade of Cuban doctors who participated for more than two months in the fight against COVID-19 in Lombardy, the region of Italy most affected by the pandemic, returned Monday to Havana, where Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel welcomed them through a television broadcast they saw at the airport. 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