Cuban medical brigade that worked in Dominica returns home.  (Photo: Prensa Latina)

Havana, October 4 (RHC)-- The Cuban medical brigade that served in the Commonwealth of Dominica in the battle against COVID-19, returned Sunday to Cuba, after six months of solidarity work in the neighboring country.

The group, made up of 35 health specialists from the internationalist Henry Reeve Contingent, treated 4,627 patients, saved 52 lives and performed 23,997 nursing procedures.  

The professionals, 14 women and 21 men, have more than 10 years of work experience and represent 13 provinces of our country, reported the Cuban Ministry of Public Health.

According to the health ministry, 65.7 percent of those collaborators fulfilled internationalist missions, mainly in Venezuela, and five of them in Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Guinea Conakry, as well as in Pakistan and Haiti.

Since the beginning of the COVIC-19 pandemic, 52 Henry Reeve Brigades have assisted government efforts in 39 countries to contain the virus and save lives, and 43 are currently active in 33 nations.

A total of 2,523 Cuban collaborators, 1,435 of whom are treating positive cases of COVID-19, have assisted 615,165 patients and saved 13,590 lives in nations that have requested their presence.