POPULATION

China will be an over-aged country in 2035

Published on: April 19, 2022
10:21

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Beijing, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) China will become an over-aged country in 2035 and people over 65 years of age will represent more than 20% of the population, local specialists warned while advocating for optimizing social security.

Diaz-Canel underscores success of Covid-19 vaccination among children

Published on: April 13, 2022
12:35

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Havana, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on underscored the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccination in children from 2 to 18 years of age in the country, the first campaign in the world that reached more than 1.7 million minors.

Reservoirs in Cuba’s largest province hit by drought

Published on: April 6, 2022
00:30

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Camagüey, Cuba, Apr 6 (Prensa Latina) Camagüey, the province with the largest hydraulic infrastructure in Cuba, is seriously affected by the current drought, as a result of which reservoirs have decreased and are only at 31 percent of their capacity.

Cuba has administered nearly 35 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines

Published on: March 1, 2022
12:21

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Havana, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) A total of 34,996,575 doses of vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes Covid-19, have been administered in Cuba, the Ministry of Public Health announced on Tuesday.

Population growth can aggravate sustainable development – UN DESA

Published on: February 24, 2022
18:17

By: Pavel López Lazo

United Nations, Feb 24 (Prensa Latina) UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) on Thursday warned that the speedy increased population growth can aggravate the challenge of guaranteeing sustainable and inclusive future development.

Cuba: 89 percent of population receives complete Covid-19 vaccination

Published on: February 18, 2022
00:15

By: Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth

Havana, Feb 18 (Prensa Latina) Some 9,862,067 Cubans (89 percent of the country's population) are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported on Thursday.

Cuba has fully vaccinated 87.7 percent of population against Covid-19

Published on: January 26, 2022
13:21

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Havana, Jan 26 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has fully vaccinated 87.7 percent of its population (9,807,436 people) against Covid-19, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported on Wednesday.

More than 10.5 million Cubans with one dose of Covid-19 vaccines

Published on: January 13, 2022
13:32

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Havana, Jan 13 (Prensa Latina) Covid-19 vaccination in Cuba is making progress and, out of a population of approximately 11.18 million, 10,504,040 have at least received one dose of a home-grown vaccine, it reported on Thursday.

India has an estimated population of 1.38 billion inhabitants

Published on: December 31, 2021
09:37

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

New Delhi, Dec 31 (Prensa Latina) India currently has a population of between 1.36 and 1.38 billion inhabitants, according to the Registrar General of India (RGI), the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Aadhaar database.

Immunization against Covid in Japan reaches 70 percent of population

Published on: October 26, 2021
13:19

By: Prensa Latina

Tokyo, Oct 26 (Prensa Latina) After a slow beginning, over 70 percent of the Japanese population has been completely vaccinated against Covid-19, the government reported on Tuesday.

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