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Countries are increasingly turning to Cuban doctors to combat the coronavirus.

After Pará, four other states are considering hiring Cuban doctors to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Cuban doctors (Photo: REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo)

247 - Paraná, Bahia, Goiás, and Mato Grosso do Sul are evaluating a project already adopted in Pará, a state governed by Hélder Barbalho (MDB). These state governments are analyzing the feasibility of applying the same project. 

In Pará, 86 Cuban doctors have already been hired, and, as of Saturday (25), 50 of them had already started working. Professionals who remained in Brazil and have not yet been reintegrated into the Mais Médicos program were hired, the column reports. Dashboard from Folha de S.Paulo.