People from all walks of life in Cuba are coming together to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The gestures of support and relief involve regular residents to outstanding figures of the society.

Renowned Cuban world track champion Ana Fidelia Quirot, who is now retired from sports, uses part of her time to help in the island's fight against COVID-19. 

"I joined many other Cuban women who are making face masks initially for my family, my friends and my neighbors and later for anybody who knocks at my door looking for a mask," Quirot said.

Other women in town are also making face masks like Anelis Cobas, who said she is doing this because she is grateful for the medical treatment given to her son, who suffers from an autoimmune disease. So she took her old American Singer sewing machine to make masks for other Cubans. 

The gestures of support also come from other parts of the society. For instance, musicians and groups like the popular Cuban ensemble "Buena Fe" are performing regular online concerts in an action to bring their songs to all people staying at home.  

"Let our affection reach all of you, please take care, again, take care, so that when we meet again out there, you all come to join us and sing out loud, said band leader Israel Rojas in a message of encouragement," said the ensemble.

Moreover, foreign residents like Italian restaurant owner Aldo Amadori are showing solidarity with Cubans. Amadori provides the elderly and other locals with free food every day. 

He said that when he heard that Cuban doctors were leaving Cuba to risk their lives in Italy, he decided to do something to reciprocate.

Like the group of doctors who departed to Italy, others have left for a dozen countries hit hard by the new coronavirus. This is what solidarity is about, said the world track and field champion. "It's such a nice gesture of all these Cuban doctors working in many countries of the world, risking their lives to save others, particularly low-income people. I think it shows Cubans are worthy of this homeland."