VACCINES

Brazil to receive first batch of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine doses

Published on: April 29, 2021
10:23

Brasilia, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) Brazil will receive Thursday the first batch of one million of Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine doses.

UN stresses need for information access amid the Covid-19 pandemic

Published on: April 29, 2021
10:14

United Nations, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) In the context of the pandemic, access to reliable information is more than a basic human right. It can be a matter of life and death, UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres said.

Argentina interested in collaborating with Cuban vaccine production

Published on: April 29, 2021
08:48

Buenos Aires, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Solá on Wednesday announced his country´s possibility of collaborating with a proposal to finance a quick process for Cuban vaccine production.

Death of founder of Cuba’s biotechnology mourned

Published on: April 28, 2021
13:45

Havana, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's scientific community is mourning the death of Dr. Gustavo Sierra, founder of biotechnology in the country, the precursor of major breakthroughs in that field and a professor of the young generations.

Bolsonaro blamed for acting against the life of Brazilians

Published on: April 28, 2021
09:22

Brasilia, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian President Jair Bolsanaro has taken again some actions against Brazilians' life and health, by discarding the necessary information required to import Sputnik V vaccine, Congressman and former Health Minister Alexandre Padilha complained.

Russia, Mexico highlight good state of bilateral relations

Published on: April 28, 2021
08:58

Moscow, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard confirmed the good state of the bilateral relations at the beginning of the official talks that began on Wednesday in Moscow.

Republican congressmen call their colleagues to get vaccinated

Published on: April 28, 2021
08:48

Washington, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) Various Republican lawmakers, who are also doctors, posted a video urging their co-religionists to get vaccinated.

CABEI to help Nicaragua purchase 6.86 million Covid-19 vaccines

Published on: April 28, 2021
08:42

Managua, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) on Tuesday reported that it will loan Nicaragua US million to purchase as many as 6.86 million Covid-19 vaccine doses.

Sri Lanka is awaiting batch of Russian Covid-19 vaccines

Published on: April 27, 2021
12:41

Colombo, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) The first batch of Russian Sputnik-V vaccines will arrive in Sri Lanka this week, State Minister of Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation Channa Jayasumana said on Tuesday.

Over 1,000 indigenous people have died of Covid-19 in Brazil

Published on: April 27, 2021
10:15

Brasilia, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) A total of 1,148 members of indigenous communities have died as a result of the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus, according to a report published by the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB).

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