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President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed Cuban health professionals who arrived in Pretoria on Saturday to support ongoing efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) across South Africa.
The 217 Cuban health specialists and workers arrived in South Africa as the country commemorated Freedom Day.
“Their arrival follows a request made by President Ramaphosa to his Cuban counterpart, Díaz Canel Bermúdez”, the Presidency said in a statement.
The group consists of experts in the fields of epidemiology, biostatistics, and public health; family physicians to guide interventions through door-to-door testing and to assist local health workers in health promotion and disease surveillance at the community level; healthcare technology engineers to assist in maintaining the inventory, deployment and repair of aged medical equipment; and experts to provide technical assistance working with local experts.
On Sunday night, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa stood at 4,546 – an increase of 185 over the previous day's figure.
The total number of tests conducted to date was 168,643, of which 7639 were done in the past 24 hours, he said in a statement.
- African News Agency
