Science

Russia to end trials of Covid 19 vaccine in late September

Moscow, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) The second phase of clinical trials with volunteers of the Russian Covid-19 vaccine proposed by Russia's 'Vektor' State Research Center for Virology and Biotechnologies will conclude on September 30, official sources said.

Vietnam keeps Covid-19 new outbreak under control

Hanoi, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The figures of Covid-19 cases and deaths from the disease have been intact in Vietnam, due to a persistent control over the new outbreak six weeks ago in central Da Nang city.

Honduras' Congress will award high distinction to Cuban doctors

Tegucigalpa, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Honduras' National Congress (unicameral parliament) will soon award the honorary order Cruz de Comendador to the Cuban medical brigade that since mid-April has been providing services in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in this country.

Angola's government reports three more deaths from Covid-19

Luanda, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) Angola's government reported on Monday another three deaths from Covid-19, whose epicenter remains in Luanda province due to the peak of local transmission Covid-19 cases there.

More than 828,000 cases of Covid-19 detected in Africa

Addis Abeba, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) The number of Covid-19 infections diagnosed in Africa has risen to more than 828,000, according to a report by the continent's Center for Disease Control and Prevention, released Monday in the capital.

El Cuate advocates for Nobel Peace Prize to Cuban doctors

Mexico, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) Antonio del Conde, El Cuate, who got the yacht Granma for Cuban expeditionaries led by Fidel Castro, advocated on Sunday for the Nobel Peace Prize to the Henry Reeve medical contingent.

Cuba's work fighting Covid-19 highlighted in Honduras

Tegucigalpa, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) Despite the US blockade, Cuban scientists are producing effective medicines to fight the Covid-19 epidemic globally, a communication from the Honduras-Cuba Friendship Association (AAHC) highlighted in Tegucigalpa on Monday.

Portugal on fire alert

Lisbon, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) Portugal woke up today in a state of alert after detecting several fires in the central region, the largest of which occurred in Oleiros and destroyed around 6,000 hectares of forest, according to initial estimates.

Protests, quarantine and red numbers of Covid-19 in Panama

Panama, Jul 25 (Prensa Latina) Protests, violence, collapsed morgues, return to absolute quarantine on weekends in the middle of the country and a rise in contagion and deaths from Covid-19 mark the week that ends in Panama.

Over 800,000 new positive cases of Covid-19 in Russia

Moscow, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) Russia reached 800,849 cases of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infections on Friday, while the total number of deaths rose to 13,046, for a national mortality rate of 1.63 percent.