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Cuba reports 58 new Covid-19 cases and no deaths

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Published on: December 14, 2021
13:09

Havana, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported on Tuesday that in the last 24 hours 58 people were detected with Covid-19, 83 patients were discharged from hospitals and no one died.

Cuba develops vaccine to fight Omicron before the end of 2021

Published on: December 13, 2021
22:53

Havana, Dec 13 (Prensa Latina) Cuba could have the first prototype of the Soberana Plus vaccine to fight Omicron variant of Covid-19 ready before the end of 2021, Cuban scientists said Monday.

Nasal vaccines may aid fight new Covid-19 viral variants

Published on: December 13, 2021
22:28

Washington, Dec 13 (Prensa Latina) The results of studies by researchers at Yale University have demonstrated how intranasal vaccination can provide broad-based protection against heterologous respiratory viruses in mice, while systemic immunization, which used an injection to elicit body-wide protection, does not.

U.S. Covid-19 deaths reach 800,000 as delta ravaged in 2021

Published on: December 13, 2021
19:30

Washington, Dec 13 (Prensa Latina) The United States on Sunday reached 800,000 coronavirus-related deaths, as the nation braces for a potential surge in infections due to more time spent indoors with colder weather and the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus.

Cuban FM describes US blockade as a crime of genocide

Published on: December 9, 2021
14:45

Havana, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Thursday demanded that the Government of the United States lift the blockade against his country, a policy that he described as genocide without moral grounds.

Vietnam reports highest number of Covid-19 cases

Published on: December 9, 2021
14:28

Hanoi, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) Vietnam reported 15,311 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, the highest number since the outbreak of the pandemic almost two years ago, so the total number contagions has increased to 1,367,433.

UNWTO in Madrid regrets general travel restrictions

Published on: December 7, 2021
14:19

Madrid, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), based in Madrid, on Tuesday regretted the imposition of general travel restrictions, as happened in recent days.

Covid-19 contributed to 69,000 malaria deaths, says WHO

Published on: December 6, 2021
18:12

United Nations, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) Disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in considerable increases in malaria cases and deaths between 2019 and 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

Czech Rep. reinforces health measures to halt Covid-19

Covid-19
Published on: December 5, 2021
09:57

Prague, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) The Czech Republic on Sunday reinforces health measures to stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, with more than 92,000 vaccine doses applied in 24 hours and immunization campaigns for people aged over five.

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.

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