Some 70,000 Cubans have already received the first dose of Abdala vaccine candidate against Covid-19, with which the health intervention began on Monday, informed the country's Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP).
On occasion of World Nursing Day celebrated every May 12, more than seven thousand professionals from this branch in the province of Holguín show their leading role in the confrontation with COVID-19 and the maintenance of basic health services in the middle of this pandemic.
The health intervention with the anti-COVID-19 vaccine candidate Abdala began today in Holguín by workers linked to the health sector in this eastern province.
Cuba will start this month a broader intervention study with the vaccine candidates Abdala and Soberana 02, prioritizing complex territories and risk groups. Then, after the approval of the emergency use, the island will increase the scope of immunization, and by August, 70% of its population will be vaccinated.
Cuba's Soberana Plus vaccine candidate against Covid-19 is currently showing encouraging results by considerably raising antibodies in Covid-19 convalescents with only one dose.