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Cuba  is unable to acquire artificial respiration systems due to the blockade measures that the United States maintains and is still tightening in the current scenario of a pandemic.   A new emergency lung ventilator was designed by the Cuban Neuroscience Center, destined as a reserve for the National Health System in the fight against the new coronavirus. RELATED: Cuba: Nationals Stranded in US to Return Homeland The center took advantage of technological advances that it had already developed to direct them towards the creation of this new fan. The design responds to the need to supply this type of media, which the U.S. blockade prevents from being acquired by Cuba. Recently, two international firms producing this equipment became subsidiaries of compani...

A woman wearing a face mask walks past a wall with drawings in a street of Havana on May 13, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. BY: Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan,  Truthout Despair and Disparity: The Uneven Burdens of COVID-19 In times of crisis, who we are is revealed. That is true of people and of nations. What COVID-19 has exposed — not created — is a deeply flawed and inequitable society. The truths of how race and class intersect to shorten the existence of some in our society are now laid bare for all to see. The collapse of structures that were barely holding on have revealed how inadequate they were to begin with. The failure of many states to prevent, protect against and help contain an illness that was known about for months shows how concerns over loss of capital took ...

by Howie Hawkins International pharmaceutical companies produce Kaletra at high costs. To produce it locally will allow Cuba to treat more COVID-19 patients in the island territory. The Cuban pharmaceutic Company MedSol Laboratories develops antiretroviral Kaletra; this drug has been effectively used to treat  COVID-19 infected patients. RELATED: Former Jamaican Prime Minister Applauds Cuba's Generosity MedSol research and development group, Novatec, is because of Kaletra's testing and production. According to Adalberto Izquierdo Castro, Novatec’s manager, the drug is in the development stage. So far, Cuban laboratories produced three pilot batches and carried out the physical-chemical analysis. "Tests on the Cuban version of this drug have shown satisf...

Posted by: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr This new solidarity brigade joins 79 Cuban aid workers who were previously in the country. The Republic of Cape Verde Thursday received 20 Cuban health professionals who will support the African country in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.  RELATED: Cuba Suspends International Passenger Flights The first internationalist health brigade "Henry Reeve" in Cape Verde is made up of five doctors, ten nurses, and five hygiene and epidemiology specialists. Cuba's Ambassador Rosa Olivia Rill and representatives of the Health Ministry received the Cuban collaborators at the Nelson Mandela Airport in Praia, the capital of Cape Verde.  The team will join the 79 Cuban aid workers who were previously in the South Afr...