Covid-19
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Cuban Medical Brigade: Statement in the Gambia in support of global actions against the US blockade of Cuba
The Cuban Medical Brigade (CMB) in The Gambia supports and sympathizes with all those countries that in one way or another will be the scene on March 27th and 28th of actions against the cruel blockade that the US maintains on Cuba. They will be carried out in the form of caravans, public events and Continue reading
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70 percent of Cubans will be vaccinated against Covid19 in the summer
Havana, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) 70 percent of Cubans will be immunized against SARS-Cov-2 between July and August, in a staggered vaccination strategy, which today involves different population groups between 19 and 80 years old. The first step constitutes the two phase III clinical trials that are being carried out with Soberana 02 and Abdala, Continue reading
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China and Cuba develop vaccine against various strains of SARS-CoV-2 that cause Covid19
Beijing, Mar 21 (Prensa Latina) China and Cuba are working on obtaining a vaccine, called Pan-Corona, that is effective against different strains of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and prevents Covid-19, it was reported today. According to the Chinese news agency Xinhua, national scientists and those of the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) of the Continue reading
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Cuba collaborates with several countries in vaccine projects against Covid-19
– Productive capacities for Cuban vaccines are guaranteed. Havana, Mar 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuba collaborates with several countries in projects for the development of anti-Covid-19 vaccines, according to information released today by the Business Group of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries (BioCubafarma) of this Caribbean Nation. In his official account on the social network Twitter, he Continue reading
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Cuban vaccine Soberana 02 in Iran
Havana, Mar 14 (Prensa Latina) Soberana 02, the Cuban anti-Covid-19 vaccine candidate, beings its phase III clinical trials in Iran, with the arrival in that country of 100,000 doses, announced the famous business group BioCubaFarma of the largest of the Antilles. As part of the collaboration with other countries in the development of vaccines against Continue reading
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The US hinders the fight against Covid-19 in Cuba
-The world demands and waits for President Biden to reverse the hostile policy towards Cuba of his predecessor Trump. Havana, Mar 9 (Agencies) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denounced today that the inclusion of the Caribbean Island in the unilateral list of the United States of countries that sponsor terrorism hinders the fight against Covid-19. Continue reading
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Cuban “Marianas” in the first line of Soberana 02
By Rubén G. Abelenda (*) Inspired by the Cuban Mother of the Nation, the mambisa Mariana Grajales, women health professionals and scientists from the Caribbean island worked tirelessly in the first line of combat against the Covid-19 pandemic, with the trials of five vaccine projects, including Sovereign 02, already in phase III. Thanks to the Continue reading
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Cuban laboratories already produce two vaccines against Covid-19 on a large scale
Havana, Feb 25 (RHC) Thousands of bulbs of two Cuban own vaccines against Covid-19 are produced today in laboratories in the largest of the Antilles, after the start of the manufacture of Abdala, the second formulation towards phase III. Previously, the production of Soberana 02, the anti-Covid-19 proposal of the famous Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV), Continue reading
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Cuba already produces a large scale Soberana 02 vaccine against Covid19
Havana, Feb 21 (RHC) The president of the BioCubaFarma business group, Eduardo Martínez, toured the Biocen plant where a new batch of the Soberana 02 vaccine candidate is already being produced on a large scale, the most advanced in the country against Covid-19. BioCubafarma, on its official Twitter account, reiterated that the Cuban prototype is Continue reading
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Cuba produces the first batch of 150,000 vials of Sovereign 02 vaccine against Covid-19
Cubans will be able to know the result of the PCR by SMS or email Havana, Feb 11.- The Cuban biopharmaceutical industry produced the first batch of 150,000 vial bottles of Soberana 02, the most advanced Covid-19 vaccine candidate, which will start phase III of clinical trials in March, the developers highlighted. The large-scale production Continue reading
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‘Cuba will be able to immunize its entire population in 2021’
Taken from The Point Cuba prepares 100 million doses of vaccine against Covid-19 Havana, Jan 24 (RT) – «Our four vaccine candidates against the new coronavirus are very safe, the trials are going well,» said Eduardo Martínez Díaz, president of BioCubaFarma, the business group for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries of the Caribbean island. In what Continue reading
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COVID-19 en el mundo: OMS aprueba protocolo para investigar medicamentos a base de plantas en África
La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) aprobó este sábado un protocolo para llevar a cabo la fase III de los ensayos clínicos de medicina herbal contra la COVID-19. Con esta iniciativa, la OMS pretende apoyar la capacidad técnica de científicos en África para desarrollar medicamentos tradicionales, teniendo en cuenta las normas internacionales. De acuerdo con Prosper Continue reading
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Soberana 01: the dream of the Cuban people and the nightmare of …
By Rubén G. Abelenda (*) The Cuban Soberana 01 vaccine candidate against Covid-19 is a dream today for the people of the largest of the Antilles that will come true when they first receive the vaccine as the clinical trials are completed on January of the coming year. In recent statements to the press, Vicente Continue reading
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Soberana 01: el sueño de los cubanos y la pesadilla de …
Por Rubén G. Abelenda (*) La candidata vacunal cubana Soberana 01 contra la Covid-19 es un hoy sueño para el pueblo de la mayor de las Antillas que verá hecho realidad cuando sea el primero al que se le aplique, cumplidos los ensayos clínicos en enero del venidero año. En recientes declaraciones a la prensa, Continue reading
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«Sovereign 01», the Cuban vaccine against Covid-19 and the US blockade
By Rubén G. Abelenda (*) In a recent tweet, I wrote that “Sovereign 01” is the Cuban vaccine against Covid-19 and also against the tightening blockade imposed by the United States on the largest of the Antilles for almost 60 years, violating all international laws. But in this text I add more, that indigenous drug Continue reading
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A Guest Editorial: Coronavirus in Africa: ‘Signs of hope’ as cases level off!
Aug 21, 2020, Average daily cases of coronavirus in Africa fell last week, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). The continent-wide daily average was 10,300 last week, down from 11,000 the week before. The director of Africa CDC, Dr John Nkengasong, said it was a «sign of hope». Africa Continue reading
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The other and so pernicious pandemic against Cuba
By Patricio Montesinos Without ceasing for six decades and without the political will to eliminate it, the blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba has been as pernicious for the largest of the Antilles, as Covid-19 is today for humanity. Continue reading
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The Cuban Medical brigade in The Gambia is already in the red line up to the Victory
By: Maria Ines Alvarez Garay(*) Twenty years ago our eternal commander Fidel Castro Ruz gave a speech in which he referred to the Cuban Medical Brigade (CMB) in The Gambia: Continue reading
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África y el Mundo agradecen a Cuba desde la cultura
Este 26 de julio, Día de la Rebeldía Nacional en Cuba, tendrá lugar una nueva acción cultural como homenaje a una de las gestas más importantes de nuestra historia. Dicho tributo dio inicio ayer, vía online, con el auspicio de la organización Get Out Of Cuba´s Way, un movimiento que aglutina a varios grupos a Continue reading
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Científicos de RD del Congo y Cuba intercambian sobre Covid-19
Científicos de la República Democrática del Congo (RDC) y Cuba sostuvieron un fructífero intercambio de experiencias sobre el enfrentamiento a la pandemia de la Covid-19. En declaraciones a Prensa Latina, la embajadora cubana, Eva Yelina Silva, precisó que el diálogo mediante videoconferencia se extendió por más de tres horas en un ambiente cooperativo y cordial. Continue reading
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