VACCINES

Uruguay to update its Covid-19 and influenza vaccines

Published on: January 8, 2026
09:46

Montevideo, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay will update its flu and COVID-19 vaccines this year, while a vaccination campaign for pregnant women against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is currently underway.

Authorities urge Mexicans to get vaccinated against measles

Published on: December 23, 2025
07:45

Mexico City, Dec. 23 (Prensa Latina) Mexico's Ministry of Health is reiterating its call for citizens to get vaccinated against measles, with more than 5,700 confirmed cases in 2025.

Russia will expand the supply of vaccines to Latin America

Published on: May 22, 2025
10:08

Moscow, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Russia is working to diversify the range of vaccines supplied to Latin American countries, announced the director of the Latin American department of the Foreign Ministry, Aleksandr Schetinin, according to the TASS news agency. The note specifies that the director gave the information during a meeting of the Russian Minister of Public Health, Mikhail Murashko, with the ambassadors of Latin American and Caribbean nations accredited in Moscow.

Cholera spreads to a fourth province in Angola

Published on: January 19, 2025
10:14

Luanda, Jan 19 (Prensa Latina) The confirmation today of two cases of cholera in Malanje mark the extension of the outbreak of the disease to a fourth province of Angola, after the cases registered in Luanda, Bengo, and Icolo and Bengo.

Belgium and WHO contribute to DRC in the fight against Mpox

Published on: September 9, 2024
10:47

Kinshasa, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) and Belgium responded to the request for help to face the smallpox epidemic (Mpox) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Congolese Press Agency reported today.

UN announces arrival of Mpox vaccines in Congo (D)

Published on: September 4, 2024
17:06

Kinshasa, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations (UN) announced today that the first vaccines against monkeypox (Mpox) will arrive tomorrow in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

WHO prioritizes safety and efficacy of Mpox and polio vaccines

Published on: September 3, 2024
12:02

Geneva, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), assured the safety and efficacy of Mpox and polio vaccines are our highest priority.

Angola advocates African medical industry

Published on: August 28, 2024
16:51

Luanda, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) Angola's Minister of Health, Sílvia Lutucuta, has advocated the creation of an industry to manufacture vaccines and medical products in Africa, Jornal de Angola published today.

More than 14 million children to receive polio vaccines in DRC

Published on: August 9, 2024
13:14

Kinshasa, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) More than 14 million children are to be immunized during the polio vaccination campaign being carried out in seven provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Ecuador reports nearly 10,000 Covid-19 contagions

Published on: July 31, 2024
00:16

Quito, Jul 31 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador has reported nearly 10,000 contagions by the Sars-Cov-2 coronavirus, which causes Covid-19, and 15 people have died so far this year, according to local media.

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