This May Day, International Workers' Day, was special, because at the Residence of the Cuban Ambassador in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian doctors who graduated in Cuba gathered to remember their stay on the Caribbean Island and celebrate their ties with our country.
Namibia. - On the afternoon of November 19, 2022, a group of 18 health collaborators arrived in Namibia who will join the Cuban Medical Brigade, which works in the country to provide valuable services in 16 hospitals, located in 11 of the country's regions.
The Cuban ambassador Sidenio Acosta Aday came to receive them at the Joseph A Kutako International Airport and was accompanied by officials from the Caribbean diplomatic mission and by a representation of the members of the Cuban medical brigade that works in the capital.
Philippine press media highlight this week the visit of the Cuban ambassador Florentino Batista González, concurrent in that Asian country.
The press highlights that, according to the ambassador, Cuba has much to contribute in the exchange between nations, especially in topics such as innovation, biotechnology, sports, medicine and education.
The combination of two doses of the candidate vaccine Soberana 02 and one of Soberana Plus, administered in a 0-28-56 day regimen, was found to have an efficacy of 91.2 percent, in preventing symptomatic cases of COVID-19, reported Dr. Vicente Vérez Bencomo, director of the Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV), at Thursday's meeting of the Cuban government’s COVID-19 prevention and control task force.
Vietnamese newspaper Tuoi Tre recently underlined that Cuba is about to achieve an extraordinary achievement in the global race for COVID-19 vaccines.
When informing that the Caribbean country would begin the third phase trials of the Sovereign-02 vaccine, the media stressed that this scientific success is obtained despite the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States for decades and the increase in sanctions under the term of former President Donald Trump.
