Cuba praises UAE for medical support in fighting COVID-19

The Cuban Government held an official ceremony in the country's capital, Havana, to coincide with the arrival of medical aid from the UAE.

Dr. Nestor Marrimon Torres, Director of International Relations and Collaboration at the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, expressed the Ministry's gratitude to the UAE for its medical support to combat COVID-19.

Dr. Manuel Romero Placeres, Director of the Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute in Havana, also thanked the UAE for "enabling them to control this infectious disease".

Meanwhile, UAE Ambassador to Cuba Bader Abdulla Saeed Almatroshi, said the "UAE aid comes within the framework of cooperation between our two countries in overcoming the COVID-19 crisis.

"It also demonstrates the UAE leadership's solidarity with Cuba via its support of frontline workers working tirelessly to combat the virus."

The ceremony was attended by a number of Cuban health officials, specialists, and members of the Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute.

The UAE recently dispatched an aid plane carrying eight metric tonnes of medical supplies to the country.