Cuba receives medical supply donation from China as pandemic worsens

Staff members unload China-donated medical supplies at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, Aug. 28, 2021. Cuba on Saturday received medical supplies donated by the Chinese government to help it combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the island faces the sharpest rise in cases, deaths and hospitalizations. The medical supplies include rapid COVID-19 antigen testing kits, surgical gloves and protective suits, adding to the ventilators and oxygen concentrators donated by China recently. (Photo by Joaquin Hernandez/Xinhua)