Number of kidney patients in Cuba increases due to the pandemic
The head of the National Nephrology Group and leader of the research, Dr. Raúl Herrera, stated that the usual prevalence...
Cuba: phase II of Abdala vaccine clinical trials in minors approved
According to a statement from the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), it is a study without placebo, which...
Cuban Abdala vaccine shows 100% efficacy against death from COVID-19, according to experts
Of the 48,000 volunteers involved in the phase III clinical trial, only 153 were infected with the virus and among...
First batch of Cuba’s own antigen test, UMELISA SARS-CoV-2, ready
The deputy director of the Development and Production of Diagnostic Kits area, Irina Valdivia, stated that the test, registered by...
Cuba approves a second pediatric clinical trial, now with the Abdala vaccine candidate
The trial — called “Ismaelillo” — will include 592 volunteer children and teenagers aged between 3 and 18 years living...
Coronavirus: efficacy of Cuban formulas opens hope for first Latin American vaccine
The preliminary results of the third and final stage of testing of the Soberana 02 and Abdala vaccine candidates were...
Abdala vaccine candidate: 92.28% efficacy in its three doses
The news was announced this Monday in Havana by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB).
Cuban Soberana 02 vaccine candidate shows 62% efficacy in clinical trials
The director of the Finlay Vaccine Institute, Vicente Vérez, specified on state television that the percentage has been obtained from...
Cuba develops device for visual and auditory screening of newborns
Telecommunications Engineer Ernesto Velarde, one of the project leaders, pointed out that hearing tests are carried out in the island’s...
How are Cuban COVID-19 vaccine candidates doing?
Although the data on the efficacy of the most advanced candidates are not yet known, Cuban scientists assure that the...
Convalescents vaccinated with Soberana Plus have highest amount of antibodies against the coronavirus in Cuba
The principal investigator of the clinical trials, Arturo Chang, pointed out that as part of the studies, the levels of...
About 500 more sites in Havana for health intervention with Abdala
The new centers for the application of the vaccine candidate are distributed in three of the capital’s municipalities where the...
Abdala: Cuban vaccine candidate could be 60% effective against COVID-19
However, Cuban specialists aspire to higher figures, as confirmed by the Director of Clinical Research at the Center for Genetic...
More than 442,000 Cubans have already received the first dose of Abdala in health intervention against COVID
Through its Twitter account, the Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported that 255,896 health workers and 186,499 residents of...
Cuban authorities will inspect ICUs due to increase in deaths from COVID-19
“I have ordered that the work in ICUs be reviewed and to delve into all the causes of the re-outbreak...
Cuba completes its network of molecular biology laboratories to detect coronavirus
With the inauguration of the laboratory in the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud, samples from this territory will...
Iran begins phase III of clinical trials with Cuban Soberana 02 vaccine candidate
The start of the trials in Iran began with an official ceremony at the University of Medical Sciences of the...
Pan-Corona: Cuban-Chinese research to anticipate next epidemics
“All the predictions and scientific rationality indicate that unfortunately, we will have to suffer new epidemics as a logical result...
Massive intervention with COVID-19 vaccines will begin in May in Havana
The head of the National Department of Primary Health Care of the MINSAP, María Elena Soto, explained that the vaccination...
Cuba raises “need for financing” in Iberian-America at Andorra Summit
They cannot resolve problems with their own resources,” said the director of international relations of the Ministry of Science, Technology...
Havana prepares for mass COVID-19 vaccination
The Cuban capital’s doctor’s offices will be the medical sites where the vaccination will be carried out; the date on...
Vaccines: Soberana 02 to be tested on 24,000 people in Iran
Some 100,000 doses arrived in Tehran in March for the testing. Last Saturday, Soberana 02 obtained permission for clinical trials...
Coronavirus genetic variants could have effect on increase in infections in Cuba, says expert
Dr. María Guadalupe Guzmán explained that so far 11 genetic variants have been identified circulating on the island, of which...
Cuba: Second phase of trials with Soberana Plus in convalescent COVID-19 patients approved
The study, which will be developed at the Institute of Hematology and Immunology and at the National Center for Sex...
Cuba already has four high-tech enterprises
So far only CITMATEL, the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, the National Center for Biopreparations and the Center for...
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