VACCINES

Cuba to be first LatAm country to be fully vaccinated against Covid

Published on: December 14, 2021
00:30

Havana, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) Cuba might be the first country in Latin America to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by June 2022, health authorities reported here.

China sends shipment of new anti-Covid-19 vaccines to Afghanistan

Published on: December 9, 2021
09:51

Kabul, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) A shipment of 800,000 Covid-19 vaccines and the corresponding syringes sent by China are in Afghanistan this Thursday, officials from the Ministry of Health confirmed.

China pledges to send 3 million Sinopharm doses to Afghanistan

Published on: December 8, 2021
18:18

Kabul, Dec 8 (Prensa Latina) China on Wednesday pledged to send 3 million Sinopharm vaccine doses to Afghanistan as part of its humanitarian support, official sources reported.

Combining vaccines against Covid-19 is safe

Published on: December 8, 2021
00:15

Mexico, Dec 8 (Prensa Latina) The Mexican Association of Vaccinology affirmed that cross immunization against Covid-19 is safe and is endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other entities.

Omicron makes Pfizer, Moderna shareholders over $10 bn

Published on: December 6, 2021
17:59

Washington, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) Big pharma executives and shareholders saw their wealth skyrocket in the week after the Omicron strain of the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus was discovered, with eight top Pfizer and Moderna shareholders making a combined $10.3bn.

Cuba, one in LatAm, three in the world in vaccination against Covid

Published on: December 6, 2021
16:38

Havana, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Monday ranks first in Latin America and third in the world in terms of immunization against Covid-19 with 83 percent of its population vaccinated (9,286,956 people).

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.

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