Cuba Ready To Deploy 30 Doctors To Help VI Fight COVID-19

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(PLTM) - The Virgin Islands has enlisted the help of 30 Cuban doctors to help the Territory battle the Coronavirus COVID-19, a move that other governments have taken around the world great success.

Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon. Andrew Fahie in an update this evening, March 28 stated that the teams at the Ministry of Health and Social Development and the International Affairs Secretariat of the Premier’s Office have proactively engaged with the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States and the Cuban Government to secure resources by requesting 30 medical personnel from Cuba.

"I am pleased to say that the team is ready to come to the BVI," Premier Fahie stated.

He explained that Government is now awaiting word from the United Kingdom through the Governor’s Office to support the request for this invaluable assistance from the Cuban Government.

"Our shared mission is to stop this pandemic in its tracks; to ensure that we do not get any community spreading and to ensure that we send our count back down to zero--zero cases. The best way to do this is by staying in our homes and obeying the precautions as we are doing, and for that, I thank everyone in the Virgin Islands," Premier Fahie stated.

Premier Fahie explained that to date, the BVI still only have two confirmed cases of the COVID-19.

"We are awaiting the results of nine more cases and also be aware that persons are testing every day. Testing is important to ensure that all of us remain safe. Let us continue to pray that the two patients recover quickly and that we have little or no community spreading in this place we call home," the Premier said.

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