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Clinical trial on polio in Cuba at the request of the WHO

Published on: March 28, 2024
10:39

Havana, Mar 28 (Prensa Latina) A new clinical trial on poliomyelitis began in Cuba at the request of the World Health Organization, since the country has no reported cases of poliomyelitis since its eradication, it was announced today.

India saved over 3.4M lives under Covid-19 vaccine campaign

Published on: February 25, 2023
08:36

New Delhi, Feb 25 (Prensa Latina) India was able to save over 3.4 million lives by undertaking a nationwide Covid-19 vaccination campaign at an unprecedented scale, a Stanford University report released by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya showed.

Over 507,000 bivalent Covid-19 vaccine to be sent to Costa Rica

Published on: January 23, 2023
16:25

San Jose, Jan 23 (Prensa Latina) Some 507,400 bivalent Covid-19 vaccine doses will be received in Costa Rica for being administered in the first and second quarters of this year, the Health Ministry reported Monday.

Panama to donate 30,000 Covid-19 vaccines to Bahamas

Published on: November 24, 2022
17:10

Panama City, Nov 24 (Prensa Latina) Panamanian government has recently authorized to donate about 30,000 Pfizer vaccines to the Bahamas in order to fight off the Covid-19 pandemic, Panama´s Health Minister Luis Francisco Sucre said on Thursday.

Over 7 million Cubans receive Covid-19 booster dose

Published on: July 26, 2022
11:23

Havana, Jul 26 (Prensa Latina) Cuba´s Public Health Ministry (MINSAP, in Spanish) on Tuesday reported that as many as 7,440,878 people have received a booster dose against Covid-19.

Cuba remains on world’s top in Covid-19 doses per 100 inhabitants

Published on: February 10, 2022
12:16

Havana, Feb 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has administered 34,623,506 Covid-19 doses of its homegrown vaccines and remains on the world's top regarding that index per 100 inhabitants, which includes booster injections too.

Joe Biden unveils new international Covid-19 travel requirements

Published on: October 25, 2021
18:23

Washington, Oct 25 (Prensa Latina) The Joe Biden administration on Monday released updated guidelines for traveling into the United States, starting on Nov. 8, including stricter requirements on U.S. citizens who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 as well as some exceptions for foreign travelers.

Nicaragua applies Cuban vaccines to children and adolescents

Published on: October 25, 2021
18:09

Managua, Oct 25 (Prensa Latina) Nicaragua´s health personnel on Monday began to immunize children and adolescents -aging from 2 to 17- against Covid-19 with Abdala and Soberana 02 vaccine candidates produced by Cuba´s biotechnology industry.

Record number of daily vaccinations in Dominican Republic

Published on: October 21, 2021
13:20

New measures taken by the Dominican Government have increased the number of vaccinated persons. Ministry of Public Health Daniel Rivera informed that in the last few days, an average of 118,000 people have been immunized every day with the first, second and third doses of vaccines.

J&J Covid-19 shot gets better boost from Moderna, Pfizer in NIH study

Published on: October 14, 2021
18:04

Washington, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will analyze requests of pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for mixing and matching Covid-19 vaccine boosters.

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