VACCINES

Vaccines against Covid-19 run out in Ecuador

Published on: March 19, 2024
14:30

Quito, Mar 19 (Prensa Latina) According to the Ministry of Public Health, vaccines against the Sars-Cov-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, ran out in Ecuador.

High risk of measles outbreaks warned in a half of the world

Published on: February 22, 2024
10:58

Geneva, Feb 22 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that more than half of the countries are at high or very high risk of measles outbreaks unless urgent preventive measures are taken.

Africa-CDC pledges to meet 60 percent of vaccine demand by 2024

Published on: February 18, 2024
10:22

Addis Ababa, Feb 18 (Prensa Latina) The African Union has resolved that by 2040, 60% of vaccines used in Africa will be produced locally.

Uruguay to import thousands of vaccines against equine encephalitis

Published on: February 2, 2024
00:30

Montevideo, Feb 2 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay is preparing to buy 100,000 vaccines against equine encephalitis, which is present in most of the country's departments and has already been transmitted to humans.

Outbreak of dengue cases in Brazil in first weeks of 2024

Published on: January 30, 2024
10:33

Brasilia, Jan 30 (Prensa Latina) Brazil registered in the first three weeks of 2024 more than 120,000 cases of dengue fever, a number that almost triples the notifications in the same period last year (44, 752).

Mexico receives the first 2.8 million Cuban Abdala vaccines

Published on: January 29, 2024
00:30

Mexico, Jan 29 (Prensa Latina) Mexico’s Secretariat of Health confirmed in a press release on Sunday that they had received the first batch of 2.8 million doses of Cuban-made Covid-19 Abdala vaccines in 2024.

Uruguay needs more vaccines against equine encephalitis

Published on: January 16, 2024
10:59

Montevideo, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) of Uruguay demands today budget reinforcement for the purchase of vaccines against equine encephalitis, which continues to increase in Uruguay.

Dominican MSP calls on locals to be alert for new JN.1 variant

Published on: December 22, 2023
15:53

Santo Domingo, Dec 22 (Prensa Latina) Dominican Public Health Minister (MSP) Daniel Rivera on Friday urged nationals to remain alert in order to prevent JN.1 variant of Covid-19.

WHO prequalifies second malaria vaccine

Published on: December 21, 2023
16:47

Geneva, Dec 21 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday that it added the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine to its prequalified list, the second after the RTS,S/AS01 it obtained in July 2022.

PAHO and Mexico reject campaign against Cuba’s Abdala vaccine

Published on: November 29, 2023
13:10

Mexico, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Secretariat of Health of Mexico City rejected a campaign against Cuba's homemade Abdala vaccine and others in favor of the so-called updated antigens.

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