Entrepreneurs from the mining and oil sectors of Cuba and Australia held Wednesday the first seminar to assess investment opportunities on the island.

Phase III of the Cuban anti-COVID-19 vaccine candidates Soberana 02 and Abdala will begin in the coming weeks, Eduardo Martínez Díaz, president of the Cuban Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industry Group (BioCubaFarma), announced today.

Between 30% and 40% of convalescent COVID-19 patients need adjustments in their base disease once they recover from the disease, said Dr. Emilio Fidel Buchaca Faxas, president of the Cuban Society of Internal Medicine, who has studied around 80 of these patients to detect possible residual lesions caused by the virus.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel evoked on Wednesday the resumption of the independence efforts in his country 126 years ago and described this February 24 as a day to tell and sing history'.