Cuba sends medical brigade to support Bahamas' COVID-19 response
HAVANA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Cuba on Friday sent a team of 50 health professionals from the Henry Reeve Medical Contingent to the Bahamas, local media reported.
"It will contribute to reducing the COVID-19 infection rates in the Bahamas, which soared due to the Omicron variant," Deputy Minister of Public Health Regla Angulo was quoted as saying by Cuban state news agency ACN.
It is the first medical brigade the country has dispatched overseas this year to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, according to ACN.