Media silence about Cuba's contributions against Covid-19 denounced
Havana, September 5, 2020. Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez denounced the international media silence about Cuba's scientific contributions to the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
On his Twitter account, the head of Cuban diplomacy noted that, even if men and women of science in the country 'share their achievements with the world, they show the protocols against the pandemic and the results of a Cuban vaccine candidate,' little information show that effort.
Clinical trials of Cuban COVID-19 vaccine candidate begin Monday
The strategy for the development of "Soberana 01" -- the first Cuban vaccine candidate against COVID-19 with authorization to begin clinical trials -- was officially presented at the Palace of the Revolution during a meeting between the President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and the scientists and experts who have worked directly in the fight against the epidemic.
Statement by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic of Cuba, at the Global Leaders’s Day of the International Labor Organization Global Summit on COVID-19
Statement by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic of Cuba, at the Global Leaders’s Day of the International Labor Organization Global Summit on COVID-19 and the world of work.
Mr. Director General;
Excellencies, Heads of State and Government;
I feel honored to bring into this virtual Summit the voice of Cuba, a small developing country, where workers in power struggle on a daily basis to achieve all the justice, which was the dream and commitment of the founding fathers of our nation.