{"id":1408,"date":"2020-04-16T13:29:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T13:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2020-05-04T21:59:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T21:59:26","slug":"cuban-medical-brigade-arrived-in-qatar-to-fight-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuban-medical-brigade-arrived-in-qatar-to-fight-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban Medical Brigade Arrived in Qatar to Fight Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cuban-Doctors-Qatar.png?resize=680%2C453&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cuban-Doctors-Qatar.png?w=680&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cuban-Doctors-Qatar.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A brigade of Cuban health professionals arrived in Qatar to support the fight against Covid-19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba publishes this Thursday on its web portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The collaborators were received by Dr. Mohamed Almarri, executive director of the Cuban Hospital of Dukhan and head of the Focal Point for Cooperation with Cuba to combat Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ambassador Eumelio Caballero Rodr\u00edguez and Dr. Ernesto Lopez Cruz, director of the Office of Cuban Medical Services and Focal Point Covid-19, were present on the Cuban side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview published by Qatar Tribune News Network, Dr. Abdullatif Al Khal, co-chair of the National Pandemic Preparedness, stated on cooperation with Cuba:&nbsp;<strong><em>Qatar asked Cuba to send a number of doctors and nurses to help combat the virus. We have a positive experience with the Cuban Hospital. Cuban doctors are excellent and Cuba is a friendly country, who reached out to Qatar<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cuban health professionals will begin their work after a brief period of quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qatar-tribune.com\/Latest-News\/ArtMID\/423\/ArticleID\/29176\/Qatar-to-rope-in-doctors-nurses-from-Cuba-in-fight-against-coronavirus\">Qatar Tribune article<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">source: Taken from Cubaminrex web site<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brigade of Cuban health professionals arrived in Qatar to support the fight against Covid-19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba publishes this Thursday<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuban-medical-brigade-arrived-in-qatar-to-fight-covid-19\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101012,"featured_media":1409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[36,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","category-cuba"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1471,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuban-doctors-arrive-in-honduras-to-fight-covid-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":1408,"position":0},"title":"Cuban Doctors Arrive in Honduras to Fight COVID-19","author":"Editorial Team","date":"April 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Cuba\u00a0previously had a medical mission in Honduras that arrived in 1998 after it was devastated by Hurricane Mitch. 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