 With the departure of the 30 Cuban medical workers, 83 remain on island, aiding in the COVID-19 fight. More in this report. The Cuban medical practitioners deployed here to assist with the COVID-19 fight are members of the Henry Reeve Brigade. The brigade specializes in medical assistance in cases of disaster or emergency. A total of 113 doctors, nurses and biomedical engineers made up the first group that arrived in St. Lucia on March 27, 2020. They are among more than 1,000 healthcare workers that Cuba sent to 18 countries on three continents since the start of the deadly pandemic. The largest groups of Cuban medical workers were sent to Jamaica at 140. St. Lucia received the second largest at 113, and Barberos received 101. Smaller groups traveled across the eastern Caribbean, St. Vincent and the Grenadines received 16 members, Antigone-Barbuta 29, Dominica 35, Sinkits and Nevis 34, and Grenada 5. Other health workers sent to Barberos and Grenada, mostly women, are nurses. Other countries received a combination of physicians, nurses and technicians who are members of a Cuban international brigade that specializes in disaster situations and epidemics. From the Government Information Service, Lisa Joseph reporting.