Cuba sends medical team to Ebola-affected areas, says developed countries are not enough

Global Network reporter Zhou Xu reported on October 21, according to Japan's Kyodo News Agency, West Africathe Ebolaoutbreak, Cuba quickly sentmedical team to the affected areasJorge Perez, director of Cuba's Institute of Tropical Medicine, said in an interview in Havana that developed countries should provide further assistance to fight theEbolaCuba sent a 165-membermedical team to Sierra Leone in early Octoberand is preparing to send nearly 300 troops to Liberia and GuineaPerez said that while Cuba, which is in the midst of a chronic economic crisis, cannot provide economic assistance, "it will not be stingy with human assistance"He believed that developed countries had so far not provided adequate assistance to the affected areasIn addition to manpower, Mr Perez said, there was a lack of supplies andhospitalin the affected areas of West Africa, and that any help was meaningfulCuba sent medical teams to Africa in the 1960s"Share all of your own, and that's the spirit of Cuban solidarity," Perez stressedEbola is a major threat that has spread to the United States and Spain "
in response to the outbreak, the United States sent troops to the of hospitals in West Africa The United States has no diplomatic relations with Cuba, and the two countries have long been at odds Perez said the Cuban medical team can work with U.S military personnel while working in the affected areas, "there is no problem." , before being sent to Sierra Leone, the Cuban medical team received three weeks of training under the guidance of the World Health Organization and others The Cuban side built a field hospital havana that simulated the environment of the affected areas, where medical crews focused on the use of protective clothing and vaccination measures Medical team members need to adapt gradually because they can easily dehydrate due to a large amount of sweating in their work said medical staff would be treated at a local hospital run by the UK if they contracted Ebola in the affected area.