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Iranian vaccine against Omicron concludes effective clinical trials

Published on: February 17, 2022
06:58

Tehran, Feb 17 (Prensa Latina) An Iranian pharmaceutical company has concluded the clinical trials in animals of a vaccine against the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant with 100 percent effectiveness, a health communique reported on Thursday.

Mexico: Cuban Covid-19 vaccine has the quality required

Published on: January 4, 2022
10:57

Mexico, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) The Secretary of Health of Mexico, Jorge Alcocer, said during the morning press conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador that Cuba’s Covid-19 vaccine Abdala meets the required quality parameters.

Cuba’s Abdala vaccine available in Saint Vincent and the Grenedines

Published on: December 28, 2021
13:14

Kingstown, Dec 28 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban-made Abdala vaccine against Covid-19 is available to the population of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the first country in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to authorize the use of that immunizer, it was reported on Tuesday.

WHO lists 9th Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use

Published on: December 17, 2021
16:21

Geneva, Dec 17 (Prensa Latina) Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for CovovaxTM, expanding the basket of WHO-validated vaccines to fight Covid-19.

‘Gavac’ vaccine production to protect cattle highlighted in Cuba (+Photos)

Published on: December 17, 2021
11:39

Havana, Dec 17 (Prensa Latina) More than a million doses of the Gavac vaccine developed to control Ectoparasite Rhipicephalus microplus, the one with the highest incidence in cattle in Cuba, were distributed in the country, as released today.

Russia and Venezuela for production of Covid-19 vaccine in Venezuela

Published on: December 15, 2021
11:13

Moscow, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan ambassador to Russia, Carlos Rafael Faría, reported that Caracas is discussing at a scientific-technical level the opening of a plant for the production of Russia’s EpiVacCorona Covid-19 vaccine in Venezuela.

Argentina authorizes use of Russia’s Sputnik Light vaccine

Published on: December 7, 2021
00:15

Moscow, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) informed that the Argentinean Ministry of Health had approved the use of the Sputnik Light vaccine to fight the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus as a single-shot vaccine and a booster shot.

Russia, Vietnam agree to increase production of Covid-19 vaccine

Published on: December 1, 2021
13:28

Moscow, Dec 1 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the Binnopharm Group company, also from this country, and the T&T Group, from Vietnam, signed an agreement on Wednesday to produce the Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 in that Asian nation.

Oxford University ready to update omicron vaccine

Published on: November 30, 2021
21:16

London, Nov 30 (Prensa Latina) Oxford University on Tuesday said that it is ready to update the anti-Covid-19 vaccine developed together with the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, if it is ineffective against Omicron variant of coronavirus.

Cuba works on developing specific vaccines to fight Omicron variant

Published on: November 30, 2021
18:41

Havana, Nov 30 (Prensa Latina) Cuban scientists are already working on the development of specific vaccines to fight Omicron variant, a mutation detected in South Africa and possibly more transmissible than Delta, an official source confirmed Tuesday, Eduardo Martínez Díaz, President of the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Group (BioCubaFarma), tweeted.

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