– State of Bayelsa, Nigeria, interested in vaccines from Cuba
Havana, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is today the nation with the most anti-Covid-19 booster doses administered to its population worldwide, thanks to a staggered vaccination campaign with nationally produced immunogens.
China, Italy, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Brazil, United States, India, Russia and South Africa, among others, follow the largest of the Antilles, the Finlay Institute of Vaccines specified in its network account Twitter.
According to the daily part offered by the Ministry of Public Health, as of July 2, seven million 406 thousand 592 already had a booster dose and nine million 974 thousand 882 had the complete scheme, which represents 90 percent of the Cuban population.
To date, 10 million 680 thousand 232 citizens have received a dose of one of the Sovereign 02, Sovereign Plus and Abdala vaccines, of whom 9 million 416 thousand 688 have already received a second dose and a third dose of 9 million 118 thousand 853.
The Caribbean country accumulates a total of 38,725,766 doses administered with nationally produced vaccines.
Cuba’s immunogens are safe and without adverse effects, according to successful clinical trials and vaccination of different segments of the population.
According to the National Office of Statistics and Information of Cuba, the population of the island at the end of 2020 was about 11 million 180 thousand inhabitants.
More than 220 million people in Latin America do not have a single dose of vaccine against Covid-19, states a message from Cuban Medical Services on its Twitter social network account.
On the other hand, a delegation from the state of Bayelsa, Nigeria, headed by its governor DouyeDiri, exchanged this Tuesday with directors of companies of the BioCubaFarma Group to evaluate the cooperation that they can offer to the pharmacological development of that important state.
Bayelsa authorities are interested in developing a cooperative association in the production of vaccines and other drugs, in addition to promoting a biopharmaceutical knowledge exchange program.
«We trust in the experience and accumulated knowledge of Cubans in these important fields, hence our interest in entering into collaboration agreements,» Bayelsa Health Commissioner Pabara Newton Igwele told Prensa Latina.
According to diplomats from the Nigerian Embassy in Havana, the visiting delegation hopes that a partnership with Cuba will generate scientific cooperation, technology transfer, academic collaboration and the co-production of vaccines and other pharmaceutical products that benefit the people of the Niger Delta. , Nigeria and nations of the West African subregion.
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