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Industrial production has begun of Cuba’s candidate vaccines Soberana 02 and Abdala (CIGB-66), two of the four developed on the island to combat COVID-19, with progress advancing at BioCubaFarma facilities.

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The days ahead do not seem favorable for the prevention and control of COVID-19. At least that is what short-term forecasts predict. Confirmed cases will increase; recovered patients will also increase, but on a smaller scale than the number of new patients.

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A third dose of the Mambisa vaccine candidate (CIGB-669) will be administered this week to a group of volunteers by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) while evaluating the immunology data of their short vaccination schedule.
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Achieving effective vaccines to fight Covid-19 is a constant challenge for scientists; and having four vaccine candidates in clinical trials at the same time is a broader challenge that Cuba is currently facing.
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