Pope Francis sends letter in support of social movements

 

 

 

 

Pope Francis urged popular movements and organizations this Sunday to continue their social work in the midst of the world health crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic.

«If the fight against the coronavirus is a war, you are a true invisible army that fights in the most dangerous trenches,» the Pope said in his message sent to popular movements and organizations this Sunday.

Bloqueo: Compañía estadounidense compra firmas fabricantes de ventiladores pulmonares claves para la COVID-19 y suspende ventas a Cuba

 

 

 

 

Cuba no podrá adquirir ventiladores pulmonares con varios de sus proveedores habituales al ser adquiridas dos firmas fabricantes de estos equipos médicos  por una compañía estadounidense. Estos aparatos son elementos claves en la atención a las personas graves y críticas por la COVID-19.

La empresa Medicuba, entidad exportadora e importadora del Ministerio de Salud Pública, recibió notificación de que los fabricantes IMT Medial AG y Acutronic habían sido adquiridas por la empresa estadounidense Vyaire Medical Inc. con sede en Illinois, por lo que comunicaban que «la directriz corporativa que tenemos hoy día es suspender toda relación comercial con Medicuba».

U.S. company buys ventilator supplier and cancels shipments to Cuba citing blockade

 

 

 

 

 

While Cuban medical collaboration is extended around the world to help contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the insane blockade imposed by the United States on our country, has just denied our public health system access to two regular suppliers of ventilators, key to the care of the most serious cases of the disease.

In another twist of this genocidal, inhumane policy, the manufacturers IMTMedical AG and Acutronic, announced the end of commercial relations with Cuba, after the companies were acquired by the U.S. firm Vyaire Medical Inc.