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Cuba’s health intervention against Covid-19 reaches 440,000 people

Published on: May 17, 2021
13:46

Havana, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Exactly 442,395 people in Cuba received the first dose of the Abdala vaccine candidate against Covid-19, as part of the health intervention, an official source said on Monday.

France begins Covid-19 vaccination for all over-50s

Published on: May 10, 2021
08:03

Paris, May 10 (Prensa Latina) France on Monday began Covid-19 vaccination for people over 50 years of age, as part of the Government goal of immunizing 30 million by mid-June.

Regional institutions ratify support to Colombian people

Published on: May 9, 2021
09:16

Havana, May 9 (Prensa Latina) Casa de las Americas institution and the Afrodescendant Regional Articulation of the Americas and the Caribbean on Sunday ratified their support to the Colombian people who defend the right to social justice despite Covid-19.

Violence against Colombian people rejected from France

Published on: May 7, 2021
11:58

Paris, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Manuel Salamanca, member of the Colombian Communist Party, condemned on Friday in Paris the bloody repression of the Government of President Ivan Duque against popular mobilizations in the South American country in demand of social improvements.

PAHO warns on increase in Covid-19 deaths among young people

Published on: May 6, 2021
12:07

Washington, May 6 (Prensa Latina) The increase in hospitalizations and deaths of young people across the Americas due to Covid-19 currently keeps the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) on alert. This happens rapidly and 'adults of all ages, including young people, are becoming seriously ill and many of them are dying,' PAHO Director Carissa F. Etienne warned.

US blockade against Cuba negatively impacts on its people’s health

Published on: May 5, 2021
15:58

Havana, May 5 (Prensa Latina) The US economic blockade against Cuba has had a negative impact on the health of the Cuban people for almost six decades, an impact that increased with the Covid-19 pandemic, health authorities denounced here on Wednesday.

Some 155 million people suffer from hunger worldwide

Published on: May 5, 2021
11:36

Rome, May 5 (Prensa Latina) In 2020, 155 million people suffered from food crisis or worse, almost 20 million more people in 55 countries or territories went hungry, compered to 2019, the Global Network against Food Crises (GNAFC) informed on Wednesday.

Pakistan aims to vaccinate 70 million people this year

Published on: May 3, 2021
07:55

Islamabad, May 3 (Prensa Latina) Pakistan aims to vaccinate against coronavirus 70 million people before the year ends, it was reported on Monday in Islamabad.

Ecuador exceeds one million vaccinated people

Published on: May 3, 2021
07:38

Quito, May 3 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador on Sunday exceeded one million people vaccinated against Covid-19, despite irregularities and complaints reported to face the health emergency.

Guatemala to vaccinate people over 70 years old

Published on: April 30, 2021
09:35

Guatemala, Apr 30 (Prensa Latina) Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Thursday announced that the Covid-19 vaccination campaign for people over 70 years of age will start May 4, after receiving 321,600 AstraZeneca doses.

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