Jakarta, July 30.- The digital newspaper Republik Merdeka, released the announcement of the Vietnamese government that its country will receive shipments of the Cuban vaccine against Covid, "Abdala", as well as the technology for its production in the nation of Southeast Asian.
Citing a statement from the Ministry of Health, the article published by the Indonesian newspaper highlights that the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, affirmed that the Caribbean nation will make efforts to supply from now until the end of 2021 the largest possible amount of doses of the Abdala vaccine to the Asian nation and to send experts to advise the transfer of drug production technology. This will was ratified by the Cuban President in his recent telephone conversation with his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
After appreciating the experience of Havana in the response to the epidemic and the results of the discussion between the two parties on the supply and transfer of technology for the production of the Cuban vaccine Abdala, the Vietnamese leader said that effective cooperation in the Campo will be a reliable example of the special solidarity between the two sister nations in the current situation.
The text pointed out that the Abdala vaccine requires three injections and demonstrated an effectiveness of 92.28% against the coronavirus in its clinical trial during its last stage, last June.
He also explained that Vietnam's vaccination program, which began in March, is still in its early stages with only 1.9% of the country's 98 million inhabitants fully vaccinated, one of the lowest rates in the region. . The health ministry reported that the Southeast Asian nation had obtained more than 23 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and expects to receive at least 50 million doses in the fourth quarter.
Embassy of Cuba in Indonesia.
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