VACCINES

WHO denounces limited access to vaccines by poor countries

Published on: April 23, 2021
11:45

Washington, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) Poor countries received 0.3 percent of nearly one billion doses of vaccines against Covid-19, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) denounced.

Syria receives more than 200,000 doses of anti-Covid-19 vaccines

Published on: April 23, 2021
09:29

Damascus, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian Ministry of Health on Friday received 203,000 doses of vaccines to fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus from the global vaccine platform Covax launched by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Pfizer confirms fake Covid-19 vaccine shots on sale in Mexico, Poland

Published on: April 23, 2021
09:19

Mexico, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) US Pharmaceutical Company Pfizer confirmed Thursday that it has identified counterfeit versions of its Covid-19 vaccine in Mexico and Poland, and sold for up to US,000 a shot, the company said in a statement.

Colombians call for acquiring Cuban vaccines

Published on: April 22, 2021
15:06

Bogota, Apr 22 (Prensa Latina) The possibility for Colombia to acquire some of the Cuban vaccines against Covid-19 shows 70 percent of approval on Thursday, according to a poll presented by Congresswoman Maria Jose Pizarro.

UN warns about large number of countries without Covid-19 vaccines

Published on: April 22, 2021
08:18

United Nations, Apr 22 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned about an array of nations lacking Covid-19 vaccines and lashed out at growing nationalisms on this issue.

Costa Rica reports side effects to Covid-19 vaccine

Published on: April 22, 2021
08:16

San José, Apr 22 (Prensa Latina) Costa Rican Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported that 2,761 people (0.72% of those immunized) showed side effects to the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.

CARICOM calls for US aid to access Covid-19 vaccines

Published on: April 22, 2021
08:13

Georgetown, Apr 22 (Prensa Latina) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) urged the United States on Wednesday to help Caribbean nations to have access to Covid-19 vaccine doses.

Brazil, WHO agree to continue jointly fighting Covid-19

Published on: April 22, 2021
08:11

Brasilia, Apr 22 (Prensa Latina) Brazil and the World Health Organization (WHO) agreed to continue jointly working together to face Covid-19 in the South American country that is currently going through the worst scenario of the pandemic, Brazilian Foreign Ministry reported.

Misinformation fueling vaccine hesitancy, PAHO Director warns

Published on: April 22, 2021
08:01

Washington, Apr 22 (Prensa Latina) Amid current complex epidemiological situation due to the Covid-19 pandemic, misinformation is one of the most serious threats to public health, and it is most damaging when it fuels vaccine hesitancy, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne warned.

People in Cuba with chronic diseases can be vaccinated

Published on: April 21, 2021
15:28

Havana, Apr 21 (Prensa Latina) Experts from the Cuban Finlay Vaccines Institute on Wednesday claimed that people suffering from any chronic disease can be vaccinated, as long as they are stable and the treatment does not interfere.

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