SPECIAL ANALYSIS: UN Secretary General @antonioguterres called for a global ceasefire: “There should be only one fight in our world today, our shared battle against #COVID19.” Over 70 nations have endorsed the ceasefire,but not the #US.
By: Roger D. Harris mintpressnews.com/solidarity-dur…
#Cuba has sent over 700 health professionals all over the world to fight #COVID19. The antiviral recombinant Interferon alfa-2b, developed in Cuba, has been successfully used in #China to treat the virus in its early stages and is being exported widely. #coronavirus#Easter
The #Venezuelan air force mobilized to carry #Cuban medical brigades to Caribbean counties fighting #COVID19 . Venezuelan soldiers mustered not to their guns but to sewing machines to stitch surgical #Masks for civilians to protect them from #coronavirus. #Venezuela#Cuba#Easter
The #US government is exploiting the pandemic as an opportunity to increase misery in #Iran,#Venezuela,#Nicaragua,#Cuba,#Syria and other countries the world’s hegemon doesn’t care for. One-third of humanity is under ever-increasing US sanctions. #Easter#coronavirus
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