Health personnel, members of the Henry Reeve Medical Brigade deployed in South Africa to confront COVID-19, were decorated this Monday, with the Distinguished Service condition, for their altruistic and humane work.
 
In a ceremony held at the University of Medical Sciences of the Revolutionary Armed Forces presided over by Army Corps General Alvaro Lopez Miera,  Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), the Cuban doctors received the distinction from the hands of Dr. Jose Angel Portal Miranda, Minister of Public Health.
 
The group of internationalists is made up of 15 doctors and 12 nurses who, according to brigade chief Pablo Reventós, demonstrated a high level of service quality.
 
Dr. Lesvia Márquez said it was a great challenge to face a disease they practically did not know, but they received great gratitude from the South African people.
 
According to the report, Cuban health professionals will join the health system to support actions to confront Covid-19 in the Caribbean nation.
 
Since 2019, Cuba has sent more than a hundred doctors and nurses to the southern nation to support the South African government's actions to confront the pandemic generated by the Sars-Cov-2 coronavirus.
 
Authorities of the African country described as beneficial the Cuban support, which covered some nine provinces and was integrated into the local teams for detection, diagnosis, and care up to the primary level.
 
Given the global impact of Covid-19, the Caribbean island supported several nations, mainly developing ones, with solidarity medical brigades belonging to the Henry Reeves disaster contingent, which reached more than thirty countries.