Covid-19
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Anti-Covid-19 vaccination in Cuba: feat of humanism and solidarity
Havana, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) While Cuba has more than 90 percent of its population vaccinated against Covid-19, almost a billion people in low-income countries remain deprived of protection against SARS-CoV-2. According to recent statements by the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom, only 57 nations in the world managed to Continue reading
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Democratic lawmakers ask Biden to facilitate global distribution of Cuban anticovid vaccines
Washington. – (Agencies) A group of 26 Democrats in the House of Representatives has urged President Joe Biden to ease US sanctions against Cuba to help the international distribution of the Caribbean island’s anticovid vaccines. In a letter headed by Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), lawmakers praised Biden’s loosening of some travel Continue reading
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Cuba and China present the first patent for a joint vaccine against coronavirus strains
Havana (Agencies) Cuba and China presented to the National Intellectual Property Office of the Asian country the first patent for the Pan-Corona vaccine that is expected to be effective against different strains of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. According to information from the president of the BioCubaFarma group, Eduardo Martínez, said step is the result of bilateral Continue reading
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President Díaz-Canel describes the anti-COVID-19 pediatric vaccination campaign in Cuba as a total success
Havana, Apr 13 (Agencies) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez described the anti-COVID-19 vaccination campaign in pediatric ages developed on the Caribbean island as a complete success. In his official Twitter account, Díaz-Canel assured that nearly 70,000 cases were avoided, and since 2021 no child has died from COVID-19 in Cuba. Our scientists assure us that Continue reading
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British scientists confirm that the Abdala vaccine is safe and powerful
Havana, April 11 (RHC) The British group The Lancet Discovery Science published in its journal Clinical Medicine a scientific article on the Cuban Abdala vaccine, which shows that it is safe, well tolerated and induces a powerful immune response against SARS. -CoV-2. The results obtained by these researchers – who publish early evidence on new Continue reading
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Unstoppable impact of Cuban vaccines against Covid-19, affirms President Díaz-Canel
Havana, Apr 6 (Press) President Miguel Díaz-Canel described the impact of Cuban vaccines against Covid-19 as unstoppable and welcomed the fact that one of them, Abdala, has a file ready to be endorsed internationally. The president thus reacted to the announcement that the scientific documentation regarding Abdala’s results, with which millions of Cubans have been Continue reading
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Cuba develops anti-Covid-19 vaccines for children under two years of age
Havana, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is working on a clinical study with the Abdala anti-Covid-19 vaccine in children under two years of age, the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) reported today. According to the entity, given the threat that the SARS-CoV-2 virus poses to this population group, it is necessary to work Continue reading
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Cuban Foreign Minister denounces inequity between rich and poor countries in the face of a pandemic
Havana, Jan 13 (Agencies) the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, denounced the prevailing inequality worldwide between poor and rich countries in the confrontation with the Covid-19 pandemic. In his account of on social network Twitter, the chancellor affirmed, appealing to official data collected by the Oxford University site Our World in data, Continue reading
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Central American Bank for Economic Integration approves financing to Cuba for anticovid-19 vaccines
– The Project will benefit more than 11 million people as part of the fight against Covid-19 Havana, Jan 12 (Agencies) The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) approved a first financing for 46.7 million euros for Cuba, an extra-regional member country, aimed at strengthening capacities in the development and production of medicines, medical Continue reading
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Why Africa?
By Williams Brown Some information from international media is scary when they report that Africa can become the incubator for new strains of Covid-19, when in reality this continent has been the least affected by the pandemic, despite not receiving enough vaccines from the countries rich. The reports, however, tend to minimize the impact that Continue reading
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Cuba, first in Latin America and third in the world in vaccination against Covid-19
Havana, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuba ranks first in Latin America and third in the world in immunization against Covid-19 with 83 percent of the population vaccinated (9 million 286 thousand 956 people). Only surpassed globally by the United Arab Emirates and Singapore, this Caribbean nation has administered until the 4th of this month, 28 Continue reading
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More than 80 percent of the Cuban population vaccinated against Covid-19
– Study with another anti-Covid-19 candidate named Mambisa is approved in Cuba Havana, Nov 21 (Prensa Latina) More than 80 percent of the population in Cuba (8,991,195) completed the anti-Covid-19 vaccination scheme, reported by the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap). At the end of November 18, 10 million 118 thousand 526 people received at least Continue reading
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President Díaz-Canel highlights epidemiological control in Cuba, and gradual opening of the island to tourism
Havana, Oct 13 (Agencies) The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, highlighted the progress in vaccination against Covid-19 on the Island, the decrease in positive cases and the country’s preparations for the reopening of borders. Through his Twitter account, the president mentioned the tendency to decrease those infected and deaths due to the epidemiological control of Continue reading
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Cuba how great you are
Maria Inés Álvarez Garay (*) Pediatric vaccination in Cuba against Covid-19 is marching by leaps and bounds, organized and efficient. Today parents, grandparents and family in general feel tranquility and immense satisfaction because our children, our greatest treasures and the future of our country, are being immunized against the pandemic that has robbed us of Continue reading
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Cuba confirms 92.28% efficacy of Abdala vaccine
Havana, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) With three doses Cuba’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate, Abdala, showed 92,28 percent efficacy in Phase III trial, its developers reported on Monday. Abdala, a vaccine candidate from the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB, in Spanish), shows 92.28 percent efficacy after three jabs, the island’s Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Business Continue reading
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France provides one million syringes for vaccination in Cuba
Paris, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) The solidarity campaign of the Cuba Linda and France Cuba associations support the vaccination against Covid-19 on the island exceeded 80 thousand euros collected on Thursday, the equivalent of more than one million syringes. Launched in April, the initiative accumulates 80,804 euros, thanks to the contribution of hundreds of citizens, Continue reading
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Why are Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela doing so well in the fight against Covid19?
By Marc Vandepitte | 06/08/2021 | Latin American and Caribbean. It is curious that precisely the three American countries that suffer harsh economic sanctions by the United States are having much better results than the others in their fight against Covid19. One thing is certain: the pandemic has exposed the crisis of the neoliberal and Continue reading
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President Díaz-Canel underscores Cuba’s unity and talent to face Covid-19
Havana, May 11 (Prensa Latina) The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, emphasized that the anti-Covid-19 vaccination of 70 percent of the population for August, despite the United States blockade, shows the unity and talent of the town. Through his Twitter account, the President urged «to dedicate our body and soul to achieve a vaccination strategy Continue reading
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Cuba’s Soberana Plus vaccine protects against Covid-19 reinfection
Havana, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) A single dose of Cuba’s vaccine candidate Soberana Plus can protect people against Covid-19 reinfection and improve their immune response to variants of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, health authorities announced on Tuesday. At a press conference on Cuban television, Dr. Rolando Ochoa, a researcher with the Finlay Vaccines Institute (IFV) and Continue reading
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Cuba will virtually celebrate International Workers’ Day
Havana, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina)- The Cuban Workers’ Central (CTC) and its national unions convened this Monday the virtual celebration of the upcoming May 1 with the slogan United: We do Cuba. The International Workers’ Day, preceded by the days of the VIII Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, will focus its activities on Continue reading
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