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04/27/2020 – 9:09 am
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Some 40 Jamaican medical students in Cuba reported that the coronavirus pandemic further aggravates the shortage of food and other basic necessities in the country.
“We are running out of food … Cuban citizens get some things for free by using a brochure (supply book) when they go shopping, but that does not apply to us. We can’t get rice, bread, eggs, flour, Irish potatoes and stuff unless they are in excess“said a student under anonymity to the Jamaican environment The Gleaner.
Students and their families Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness asked to return to his country because in Cuba there are no conditions to live. Jamaica’s borders are closed from March 24 to May 31 to prevent further spread of the coronavirus.
According to his testimony, have experienced “high levels of discrimination by residents and employees of grocery stores that prevent them from buying supplies, “adds the aforementioned media.
“The worst thing is that you will be in a row and you will only hear that everything is done. We are living off the food that we brought here from Jamaica before the pandemic, and now we have very limited quantities … “, said the person affected.
About the classes, he pointed out that they have been suspended since March 22 and there is no online training that would be very expensive due to the high price of Internet in Cuba, outside the Wi-Fi park.
Also, bank tellers almost never have money available, even if their parents send them money. “I can’t sleep knowing that my daughter, who is among others, is locked up outside her country and needs help. They cannot get food and the necessary sanitation. They need help, “one of them told The Gleaner.
These Jamaicans hope to return to their country soon because students who were in other countries were returned last week.
In this regard, the communication director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Delona Flemming, told the aforementioned media that the Ambassador of Jamaica in Cuba, Kathryn Phipps, provides assistance.
There are 350 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Jamaica and 35 people lost their lives to COVID-19, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
In Cuba the sick people of COVID-19 are 1,369, of which 501 were recovered and unfortunately 54 died, according to data published this Sunday by the Ministry of Public Health.
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