20 August 2021 Archives

Extraterritoriality of the blockade damages Cuban aviation company

Published on: August 20, 2021
16:39

Havana (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denounced today the suspension of the payment compensation mechanism in the Spanish market for Cubana de Aviación, as a manifestation of the extraterritoriality of the United States' economic blockade.

Merkel closes her Russian agenda shortly before ending her term

Published on: August 20, 2021
16:22

Moscow, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel returned to her country after a busy agenda of talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, a few weeks before the end of her term at the head of her nation.

Cuba’s economic actors have new legal regulations

Published on: August 20, 2021
16:18

Havana, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) The approval of new legal regulations that support the main economic actors put Cuba in exceptional conditions for a diversification and growth of production and services, official sources assured on Friday.

Diaz-Canel congratulates Cuban Writers and Artists Union

Published on: August 20, 2021
16:01

Havana (Prensa Latina) Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel sent on Friday a congratulatory message to the members and workers of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) on its 60th anniversary.

Cuba approves vaccine candidate against Covid-19 without thiomersal

Published on: August 20, 2021
16:00

Havana, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's regulatory authority approved on Friday a vaccine candidate against Covid-19 that includes the antigens of Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus but without thiomersal.

Lopez Obrador aims at renewing Mexico’s electoral mechanism

Published on: August 20, 2021
14:25

Mexico, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) Mexico's President Andrs Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed on Friday his will to present a constitutional reform initiative to renew everything related to the electoral mechanism and its institutions.

Cuban Health Ministry reports 9,764 new Covid-19 cases, 78 deaths

Published on: August 20, 2021
14:24

Havana, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) on Friday reported 9,764 new Covid-19 cases and 78 deaths due to complications related to the disease in the last 24 hours.

China sends donation of 50 oxygen concentrators to Cuba

Published on: August 20, 2021
14:21

Beijing, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) China sent 150 oxygen concentrators to Cuba, donated to support the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, diplomatic sources informed on Friday.

Defective antibodies influence Covid-19 severity and death

Published on: August 20, 2021
14:20

Washington, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) Defective antibodies that attack type 1 interferons (a subgroup of proteins that help regulate the immune system) determine why some Covid-19 cases may die, Science Immunology review reported on Friday.

Sputnik Light, AstraZeneca vaccines with high immunity after trials

Published on: August 20, 2021
13:51

Moscow, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) A combination of Sputnik Light and AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines has proven high immunity in volunteers during the clinical trials in Azerbaijan, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) stated on Friday.

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