VACCINES

CIGB shows response with Abdala vaccine booster against Covid-19

Published on: December 4, 2021
14:26

Havana, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) showed new images of the increased immune response with a booster dose of its Covid-19 Abdala (CIGB-66) vaccine.

Cuba rules out Omicron strain in traveler from South Africa

Published on: December 4, 2021
13:19

Havana, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK) ruled out that a patient who arrived in the Villa Clara municipality of Placetas from South Africa carried the Omicron variant of the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus, Granma newspaper reported on Saturday.

Cuba: 82.6 % of population received complete Covid-19 vaccine scheme

Published on: December 2, 2021
12:57

Havana, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) Some 9,237,847 Cubans (82.6 percent of the population) have received the complete vaccination scheme against Covid-19, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported on Thursday.

Cuba works on specific vaccines against Omicron coronavirus variant

Published on: December 1, 2021
13:08

Havana, Dec 1 (Prensa Latina) BioCubaFarma President Eduardo Martinez on Wednesday informed that Cuban scientists are working on specific vaccines to fight the new coronavirus variant, named Omicron.

China confident about Covid-19 vaccines and protocols against Omicron

Published on: December 1, 2021
00:15

Beijing, Dec 1 (Prensa Latina) China noted that its vaccines and protocols to the fight Covid-19 are still effective, even in light of the emergence of the coronavirus variant named Omicron.

Majority of the Cuban population immunized against Covid-19

Published on: November 20, 2021
12:41

Havana, Nov 20 (Prensa Latina) 80.4 percent of the population in Cuba (eight million 991,195) completed the anti-Covid-19 vaccination plan, the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) reported today.

Cuba surpasses 27 million anti-Covid-19 doses administered

Published on: November 16, 2021
14:03

Havana, Nov 16 (Prensa Latina) The total number of Cuban anti-Covid-19 vaccines administered in the national territory amounted to 27,424,183 at the end of November 14, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) informed on Tuesday.

Damascus, Moscow to soon start talks on producing Sputnik V in Syria

Published on: November 13, 2021
00:10

Damascus, Nov 13 (Prensa Latina) Syria and Russia will start in the upcoming days the talks on launching the production of Sputnik V vaccine doses in Syria, the Syrian Industry Minister Ziad Sabagh told the media.

Venezuelan children to be immunized with Cuban vaccine

Published on: November 8, 2021
10:02

Caracas, Nov 8 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan health authorities will start today the massive anti-Covid-19 immunization plan for children over two years old with the Cuban vaccine Abdala, according to the announcement made by President Nicolás Maduro.

ECLAC calls for improving access to Covid-19 vaccines

Published on: November 5, 2021
00:08

Santiago de Chile, Nov 5 (Prensa Latina) The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) laid stress on the pressing need to improve access to Covid-19 vaccines, as a pivotal factor for post-pandemic recovery.

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