Cuba moves closer to our own COVID-19 vaccine
Havana, August 20th, 2020. Authorization granted to the Finlay Vaccine Institute to begin clinical trials of new vaccine in collaboration with Ministry of Public Health institutions. This past July 28, Cuba’s candidate vaccine was tested for the first time on human volunteers, precisely three researchers participating in its development. An initial evaluation revealed a strong immune response in all three.
(Source: Granma)
Thank you, Fidel, for being, above all, human
Havana, August 13th, 2020. When the adversity gets worse, at a bad moment, when all our effort is not enough, and we must find another way; when a hopeful project is cut short, given the countless difficulties caused by the blockade, that anyone with any common sense can see, we ask ourselves: What would Fidel do? As if, in him, all answers can be found.
(Source: Granma)
Eusebio Leal Spengler: One of the most real and useful Cubans of our times
Havana, August 4th, 2020. His many titles and decorations do not express his essence; he is simply a great man of the people.
BioFarma Innovations, a new joint enterprise created by BioCubaFarma and SG Innovations Limited
Havana, August 3rd, 2020. Cuba’s BioCubaFarma Enterprise Group and the British company SG Innovations Limited has announced the creation of a new company, BioFarma Innovations, focused on accelerating the development of new medications and their distribution in Europe and the British Commonwealth, according to a joint statement, made available to Granma.
Statement to the press by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, on the postponement of the presentation of the Cuban resolution against the blockade
Havana, July 29th, 2020. Taking into account the situation of the pandemic in the United States and particularly New York City, and in order to guarantee the proper development of the debate and the voting, whose positive results are closely followed by the Cuban people and the international community, it has been decided transfer the consideration of the draft resolution “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba” from the traditional date of late October and early November to the month of May 2021, during the resumed 75th session of the UNGA.
(Source: Cubaminrex)