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'.
Cuba reported 699 new cases of Covid-19 and four deaths in the last hours, with which the country accumulates 308 deaths due to this disease and 46,896 diagnosed with the virus.
Americans, Cubans and people of diverse political and religious beliefs from all over the world joined on Monday a call from the Bridges of Love project, which requests President Joe Biden to lift sanctions against Cuba.