“Thank you Cuba for opening your heart to us,” says cruise ship passenger with five cases of coronavirus.
"I'm honestly overwhelmed with tears because of their kindness. They made us feel not only tolerated, but welcome," said the passenger.
247 - Anthea Guthrie, a 68-year-old passenger on the British cruise ship MS Braemar with cases of coronavirus, thanked the Cubans for receive them in their country. Until the Cuban government's decision, the cruise ship was traveling on the high seas in the Caribbean without permission to dock at any port that requested assistance.
The passenger wrote on her Facebook: “Could all my friends raise a glass to Cuba and remember that, when nothing else would let us disembark, Cuba stepped forward?” In the comments, Anthea replied: “I am honestly overwhelmed with tears by your kindness. You made us feel that we are not only tolerated, but welcome. Thank you to Cuba for opening your heart to us.”
Editor of Granma (Cuban newspaper of the Communist Party), Yisell Rodríguez MilánIt is worth remembering that "Cuba, one of the few countries in the world capable of stepping forward for humanity in the most difficult moments - fighting Ebola in Africa and providing assistance in the face of natural disasters anywhere in the world - issued an official statement that restored peace to the 683 passengers and 381 crew members."
According to Telesur, the cruise ship passengers include people from Australia, Belgium, Colombia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and Sweden. Approximately 40 people are in isolation after presenting symptoms of the coronavirus, but only five cases have been confirmed.
The Granma informs That "in the last 48 hours, Cuba has not registered any new cases of Covid-19. The four patients detected remain hospitalized, are progressing satisfactorily, and all resources are being guaranteed for their full recovery; while all necessary outbreak control actions to prevent the spread of the pandemic in the country continue."