{"id":246485,"date":"2021-12-02T12:16:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T17:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=246485"},"modified":"2021-12-02T12:41:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T17:41:04","slug":"cuba-affirms-it-is-already-designing-a-vaccine-against-the-omicron-variant-and-can-develop-it-in-a-short-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/coronavirus\/cuba-affirms-it-is-already-designing-a-vaccine-against-the-omicron-variant-and-can-develop-it-in-a-short-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba affirms it is already designing a vaccine against the Omicron variant and can develop it \u201cin a short time\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The BioCubaFarma business group, of the Cuban biopharmaceutical industry, assured this Tuesday that it is already designing a specific vaccine against the new Omicron variant of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">coronavirus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and that it can develop it in \u201ca short time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Eduardo Mart\u00ednez, director of the state entity, affirmed on Twitter that the island\u2019s scientists are observing \u201ccarefully\u201d the reports on the behavior of the new strain, and that \u201cif necessary\u201d they could develop the vaccine quickly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In another tweet, the official added that, even with that capacity, \u201cnow the most important thing is to follow the vaccination process, including the booster dose and following the measures.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Observamos con detenimiento los reportes sobre el comportamiento de la nueva variante Omicron. Ya estamos dise\u00f1ando vacunas espec\u00edficas. Si fuera necesario, en poco tiempo la desarrollaremos. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CubaEsCiencia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CubaEsCiencia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CubaViveYRenace?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CubaViveYRenace<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5U3Z3gUxZL\">pic.twitter.com\/5U3Z3gUxZL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eduardo Mart\u00ednez D\u00edaz (@EdMartDiaz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdMartDiaz\/status\/1465729036299214850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuba has three <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/tag\/cuban-vaccine-against-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COVID-19 vaccines of its own<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 Abdala, Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus \u2014 with which it is carrying out an advanced immunization campaign. As part of it, more than 28 million doses have already been applied in the country and more than 9 million people have completed the vaccination scheme, over 82% of the island\u2019s population.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, the administration of the booster doses has already begun, with a view to increasing immunity due to the time that has elapsed since the last injection and the appearance of new variants of the coronavirus. So far, more than 327,000 people, mainly from risk groups, had already benefited from these doses, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/salud.msp.gob.cu\/actualizacion-de-la-vacunacion-en-el-marco-de-los-estudios-de-los-candidatos-vacunales-cubanos-y-la-intervencion-sanitaria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">official data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuban vaccines have not yet received the endorsement of the World Health Organization (WHO) for their emergency use, although the process is already underway. Outside the island, they are already being used in nations such as Venezuela, Nicaragua and Iran, whose regulatory bodies did approve their use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The WHO has classified Omicron as a variant \u201cof concern,\u201d for which it has asked to accelerate vaccination and strengthen surveillance. It considers the risk of transmission to be \u201chigh\u201d given the speed with which the variant develops new mutations that are potentially more resistant to vaccines and more contagious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/coronavirus\/coronavirus-omicron-se-extiende-y-biden-pide-no-entrar-en-panico\/<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Against this background, the Cuban health authorities <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/cuba-anuncia-nuevas-medidas-de-control-para-viajeros-internacionales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced this Monday<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that as of next December 4 they will apply the mandatory one-week quarantine for travelers from South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Malawi and Eswatini. Travelers from those African countries must also present a complete COVID-19 vaccination scheme, the negative result of an RT-PCR test carried out with a maximum of 72 hours before the trip and another test of that type will be applied here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, those who come from Belgium, Israel, Hong Kong, Egypt, Turkey and the rest of the Sub-Saharan African countries will be subject to the same measures as the previous ones, except for quarantine and RT-PCR on the sixth day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similar measures are being applied by other nations to contain a rapid spread of Omicron, which also has already been detected in countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas, such as Canada. Meanwhile, pharmaceutical entities such as the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/coronavirus\/laboratorios-pfizer-aseguran-poder-disponer-en-cien-dias-de-version-actualizada-de-vacuna-contra-variante-omicron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pfizer company<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Russia\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mundo.sputniknews.com\/20211129\/rusia-desarrolla-una-version-de-su-vacuna-sputnik-v-contra-a-la-variante-omicron-1118762695.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gamaleya Center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 responsible for the Sputnik V vaccine \u2014 have said that they are able to update their drugs to make them more effective against the new strain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EFE\/OnCuba<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Eduardo Mart\u00ednez, director of the state 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