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Sep

04

2020

Diaz-Canel highlights transcendence of Henry Reeve medical contingent

Havana, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Friday highlighted the transcendence of the Henry Reeve medical contingent specialized in situations of disasters and serious epidemics, 15 years after its creation.

On his Twitter account, the president evoked a statement by the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, at a meeting with the health professionals who would assist the people of the United States after Hurricane Katrina, on September 4, 2005, when the contingent was founded.

Aug

25

2020

Thailand-Latin America and the Caribbean Business Council established to boost trade

The first session of the recently established Thailand-Latin America and Caribbean Business Council took place on 25 August 2020, with the participation of Ambassadors from nine Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama and Peru) as “honorary members”.

Aug

21

2020

Cuba moves closer to our own COVID-19 vaccine

Authorization granted to the Finlay Vaccine Institute to begin clinical trials of new vaccine in collaboration with Ministry of Public Health institutions

The central state enterprise management group BioCubaFarma reports having received permission to begin clinical trials of a Cuban candidate vaccine to prevent COVID-19, capable of producing a strong immune reaction to a SARS-COV-2 infection.

Aug

19

2020

Cuba to begin clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine

Havana, August 19 (RHC)-- Cuba will begin on Monday, August 24th, the first stage of clinical trials of its candidate for the COVID-19 vaccine, whose results will be available in January 2021, according to the Cuban Public Registry of Clinical Trials.

The research to develop the prophylactic drug called "Soberana 01" covers 676 people between 19 and 80 years of age and is being conducted by the Finlay Institute of Vaccines.

Aug

18

2020

US is against peace in Latin America, Cuban FM denounces

Havana, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla has accused the United States on Tuesday of sabotaging the Proclamation as a Zone of Peace assumed by all Latin American and Caribbean countries in 2014.

On his Twitter account, Rodriguez Parrilla recalled that proclamation assumed by the continent in January 2014, during the 2nd Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), held in Havana.

'In 2014, all Latin American and Caribbean countries signed our Proclamation as a Zone of Peace,' the diplomat wrote.

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