vaccine

Cuba: 95 percent of children receive first Covid-19 vaccine dose

Published on: October 26, 2021
13:33

Havana, Oct 26 (Prensa Latina) The head of the vaccination program at the Health Ministry, Lena Lopez, reported on Tuesday that 1,808,312 Cuban children, accounting for 95 percent, have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Immunization against Covid in Japan reaches 70 percent of population

Published on: October 26, 2021
13:19

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.

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.

Nearly 100 percent of population vaccinated with first dose

Published on: October 24, 2021
00:15

Havana, Oct 24 (Prensa Latina) About 99.9 percent of Cubans (9,780,864 people) have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, Cuba's Public Health Ministry (MINSAP) reported.

99.4 percent of Cuban population vaccinated with one dose

Published on: October 20, 2021
11:12

Havana, Oct 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuba reported that 99.4 percent of its population subject to vaccination has been vaccinated with at least a single dose, while reaching 87% of the total population (just over 11,180,000).

MedRxiv website discloses results on Cuba’s Abdala vaccine

Published on: October 20, 2021
10:03

Havana, Oct 20 (Prensa Latina) The medRxiv website, dedicated to distributing unpublished texts on medicine, on Wednesday released research results concerning Cuba´s Abdala vaccine candidate.

Children from six years old receive anti-Covid-19 vaccine in Ecuador

Published on: October 18, 2021
14:19

Quito, Oct 18 (Prensa Latina) Children from six to 12 years of age began receiving vaccines against Covid-19 in Ecuador today, as part of the national immunization plan, accelerated since the end of May this year.

Cuba’s Soberana 02 vaccine recognized by U.S. journal

Published on: October 18, 2021
10:34

Washington, Oct 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Soberana 02 anti-Covid-19 vaccine has been recognized today by the prestigious U.S. medical journal Annual Review of Medicine, a step forward towards its possible international homologation.

India resumes Covid-19 vaccine export

Published on: October 14, 2021
17:42

New Delhi, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) India´s Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that coronavirus vaccine doses have been sent to Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Iran in order to fight the Covid-19 pandemic according to the government's decision to resume their supplies.

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