People's Daily Online, Beijing, March 25 (Reporters Xie Jianing, Liu Ge) The Cuban Embassy in China held a press conference on March 24.
Cuban ambassador to China Pereira introduced Cuba’s fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic and expressed gratitude to China for its support.
Pereira said that China's anti-epidemic experience helped Cuba prepare for the epidemic in advance.
"During the epidemic prevention and control period, more than 100 Chinese companies and organizations donated materials to support Cuba. I want to express my gratitude to them for helping Cuba continue to fight the epidemic even in the face of the U.S. blockade."
Pereira said that as of March 23, the cure rate of Cuba's new coronary pneumonia cases reached 94%, and the death rate was the lowest among countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
In the face of continued obstruction by the United States, Cuba has launched international assistance while effectively fighting the epidemic.
Cuba is the first country in Latin America to develop a new crown vaccine and has developed 5 vaccine candidates.
More than 200,000 Cubans have been vaccinated, and it is expected that by August this year, Cuba will be able to produce enough vaccines to achieve herd immunity.
Cuba’s new crown vaccine production capacity can not only meet its own needs, but also provide vaccines to other countries.
Pereira said that Cuba had received China's help early in the development of anti-epidemic drugs and vaccines.
Currently, Cuba and China are cooperating to develop a new coronavirus vaccine.
Cuba appreciates China for providing vaccine assistance to developing countries including Latin American countries or exporting vaccines to these countries.
Cuba is willing to work with China to promote global vaccine cooperation and promote the early recovery of international tourism and the flow of people.
In response to the recent spread of lies in the United States and Western countries and wantonly attacks to discredit China’s policy of governing Hong Kong and Xinjiang, Pereira pointed out that under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, China has achieved social development and progress, and has made significant achievements in poverty alleviation and the fight against the epidemic. achievement.
The smearing of China's policy of ruling Hong Kong and Xinjiang in the United States and Western countries is entirely due to political motivation.
Cuba firmly opposes any interference in China's internal affairs by external forces.
He emphasized that it was precisely these countries that criticized China's "genocide" in Xinjiang. In the course of human development, they have carried out "genocide."
In addition, compared with China's insistence on "people first and life first", countries that frequently criticize China have their own medical and health systems collapsed during the epidemic.