23 December 2021 Archives

Cubans and Italians united against the US blockade of the island

Published on: December 23, 2021
19:36

Rome, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) Cubans and Italians joined their voices today in a simultaneous transmission from both shores of the Atlantic Ocean, to demand the end of the United States blockade of the Caribbean island.

Trump asks Supreme Court to halt release of White House records

Published on: December 23, 2021
18:39

Washington, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) Former President Donald Trump on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to block the National Archives from turning over records from his time in the White House to the congressional committee probing Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

Cuban FM praises Italy pilgrimage against US blockade

Published on: December 23, 2021
18:20

Havana, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez on Thursday regarded as emotional and inspiring the initiative "A path of love" in Italy calling for the end of the US blockade imposed on Cuba.

Nearly 100 billion dolars stolen from Covid-19 relief programs

Published on: December 23, 2021
17:13

Washington, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) A minimum of nearly billion has been stolen from government Covid-19 relief programs set up to help businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic, according to the US Secret Service.

UNRWA is on the brink of collapse

Published on: December 23, 2021
17:04

United Nations, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini said that chronic and drastic funding shortfalls could even precipitate its collapse.

UN humanitarian flights to Yemen canceled

Published on: December 23, 2021
16:48

United Nations, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) flighst into and out of Sana'a airport in Yemen scheduled for today have been canceled, the Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General Farhan Haq said.

What makes the omicron variant so strange and surprising

Published on: December 23, 2021
16:23

London, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) The omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, discovered just a few weeks ago, is poised to dominate key antibody treatments in the first tests, according to an article published in the Nature British journal.

UK: 119,789 Covid-19 cases reported in highest daily figure

Published on: December 23, 2021
16:04

London, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) The United Kingdom (UK) on Thursday reported a maximum of daily positive Covid-19 cases, with 119,789 new infections, while assuring those omicron-infected people are less likely to result in severe disease and hospital admission.

Cuba will accelerate booster vaccination for Omicron variant

Published on: December 23, 2021
15:23

Havana, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's biopharmaceutical industry will deliver more than six million anti-Covid-19 doses to accelerate the booster vaccination process the Caribbean country is carrying out today facing the risk of the Omicron variant.

Cuban anti-Covid-19 nasal vaccine candidate in final evaluation

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Published on: December 23, 2021
15:13

Havana, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban anti-Covid-19 vaccine candidate called Mambisa, one of the few in the world that is administered by the nose, is today in the process of final evaluations.

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December 23, 2021