vaccine

Cuba to administer Covid-19 booster shot to pregnant women

Published on: December 29, 2022
11:27

Havana, Dec 29 (Prensa Latina) The Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology of Cuba (CIGB) reported on Thursday that a booster shot against Covid-19 will be administered to pregnant women in their last quarter of pregnancy.

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.

China begins applying Covid-19 nasal vaccine in Shanghai

Published on: October 26, 2022
08:43

Beijing, Oct 26 (Prensa Latina) China began applying in Shanghai its indigenous Covid-19 nasal vaccine, developed by the CanSino Biologics pharmaceutical company, amid recurring outbreaks caused by the Omicron strain of the SARS-CoV-2.

China’s pharma company works on vaccine to fight monkeypox

Published on: October 21, 2022
11:34

Beijing, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm currently works on the research and development of a vaccine and other specific drugs to fight monkeypox after successfully isolating the virus that causes the disease.

Singapore authorizes Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for children

Published on: September 29, 2022
13:59

Singapore, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) Singapore has passed the use of Pfizer's Comirnaty Covid-19 vaccine in children aged six months through four years, the Health Sciences Authority (HAS) announced on Thursday.

Cuba’s Soberana vaccine receives favorable opinion in Mexico

Published on: September 11, 2022
01:00

Mexico, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) Mexico's New Molecules Committee (CMN) of the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) cast a favorable vote for Cuba's homegrown Soberana vaccine.

ANVISA authorizes use of vaccine and drug against monkeypox in Brazil

Published on: August 26, 2022
17:55

Brasilia, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) has just authorized the use of a vaccine and drug to fight monkeypox virus, which has killed one person and infected 4,144 people in Brazil so far.

BBIL completes trials for India´s intranasal Covid-19 vaccine

Published on: August 15, 2022
18:45

New Delhi, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) on Monday announced that its intra-nasal vaccine (BBV154) has proven to be safe, well-tolerated, and immunogenic in subjects in controlled clinical trials.

WHO reports 780 Monkeypox cases outside Africa

Published on: June 6, 2022
16:58

Geneva, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday reported 780 cases of monkeypox outside of Africa, from 27 Member States across four WHO regions that are not endemic for monkeypox virus.

Cuba guarantees protection against Covid-19

Published on: March 16, 2022
14:16

Canberra, Mar 16 (Prensa Latina) By developing and administering its own vaccines against Covid-19, Cuba ensures affordable coverage of these despite the fact that the United States blockade prevents the arrival of medical supplies, The Conversation stated today.

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