Cuban interferon proven effective against COVID-19
Since the appearance, March 11, of the first cases of COVID-19 in Cuba, the country’s Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) has reported that the inclusion of Recombinant Human Interferon Alpha 2b in treatment protocols for these patients has shown positive results.
Details on the effectiveness of the product were presented by Dr. Eulogio Pimentel Vázquez, director of the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), affiliated with the BioCubaFarma Enterprise Group, where the medication was first produced in the late 1980s.
Cuba and Russia look to the future of bilateral relations with optimism
Russian-Cuban links have a long, fraternal history. Exchanges between our peoples dates back to the 18th century, when in 1782 the Russian doctor Fyodor Karzhavin arrived in Havana. After living in Cuba for two years, he came to agree with many of the principles that would later motivate Cubans to struggle for their independence from the Spanish colonial power.
Silenced truths and mercenary campaigns
Since January 1, 1959, countless terrorist actions have been planned, financed and executed against Cuba by U.S. special services and their mercenaries, who, on orders from the White House, have left a trail of horror and blood in their wake.
They have committed these attacks using a complete arsenal: armed infiltration, biological warfare, sabotage, planting of explosive devices, burning of schools and warehouses, kidnappings, including the non plus ultra of atrocity, the explosion of a civilian aircraft in mid-air.
Melia Hotels highlights Cuba as a destination for recovery
Brussels, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Gabriel Escarrer, executive officer of the Melia Hotels chain, stressed on Thursday that Cuba is an important destination for the post-coronavirus tourism recovery, said a report released in Brussels.
In statements to Preferente digital bulletin, Escarrer said that Cuba stands out as a destination for recovery, as the island offers more possibilities for the epidemiological control.
Cuba denounces continuity of US blockade despite Covid-19
Havana, May 5 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, said on Monday that the US blockade against Cuba continues, and so does solidarity with this Caribbean country.
On Twitter, the Foreign Minister denounced that the international demand to end Washington's economic, commercial and financial siege against Cuba is growing, as are the unilateral coercive measures against the peoples.
Rodriguez stressed that such sanctions are 'criminal, inhumane' and said their impact 'is more severe' at a time when countries are facing the Covid-19 pandemic.