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Havana, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuban scientists have sent today a letter to US President Joe Biden, telling him about the development and application of Covid-19 vaccines in the island.
A World Health Organization worker in the DRC last year (Image: GETTY)
“While the world is reeling from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Ebola has again emerged, simultaneously, in both Central and West Africa.
“The world cannot afford to turn the other way. We must do everything in our power to respond quickly, effectively, and with commensurate resources to stop these outbreaks before they become large-scale epidemics.”
Mr Biden had been briefed on the situation in both central and west Africa, the statement explained.
Joe Biden, Angela Merkel and then-President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in 2015 (Image: GETTY)
It added: “The Biden Administration will do everything in its power to provide US leadership to stop these outbreaks, working with the affected governments, the World Health Organization, the African Union and the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, and neighbouring states.”