Cuban doctors arrive in Liberia to fight Ebola

A Cuban Foreign Ministry says a medical team is expected in Liberia to help tackle the spread of the Ebola virus.

The ministry said a 52-member team comprising doctors, nurses, epidemiologists, intensive care doctors, general practitioners, surgeons, pediatricians, anesthetists and licensed nurses.

The Cuban Ambassador to Liberia, Jorge Fernando Lefebre Nicolas said Cuba's commitment is geared towards enhancing the existing ties between both countries and the move would mark the start of medical co-operation between Cuba and Liberia.

The Cuban doctors will be assigned to a newly constructed unit at the unfinished defence ministry facility in Congo Town.

Liberia's Foreign Minister, Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, has expressed delight over the arrival of the doctors and hoped the development would also help strengthen the country's health service.

Source: Aljazeer