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Cuba vaccinates more than half million people
Cuba vaccinates more than half million people
19 de mayo de 2021, 17:31
Havana, May 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has vaccinated 540,002 people with Covid-19 vaccine candidates Abdala and Soberana 02 until Wednesday, in the vaccination intervention of risk territories and groups.
According to the last count of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), 239,626 people aged 19 and over received the Abdala shot, devised by the Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB).
Those figures make up 53.7 percent of the group of 396,382 individuals planned to be immunized in the municipalities of Regla, Guanabacoa, Habana del Este and San Miguel del Padron, where the vaccination intervention began on May 12.
Over 455,000 people vaccinated in Cuba as part of health intervention
Over 455,000 people vaccinated in Cuba as part of health intervention
Havana, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The number Cubans who have been immunized with one or more doses of the Abdala and Soberana 02 vaccine candidates against Covid-19, as part of the health intervention in territories and risk groups reached 455,908 on Tuesday. According to information from the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), in the first stage of this process in Havana, 186,499 people aged 19 and over received an injection of Abdala, which was developed by the Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center(CIGB).
On the other hand, 269,409 health workers and vulnerable groups have already received one or more doses of the CIGB product or the Soberana 02 vaccine candidate, created by the Finlay Vaccines Institute (IFV).
Cuban Covid-19 vaccine candidates are safe
Cuban Covid-19 vaccine candidates are safe
Havana, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Covid-19 vaccine candidates are safe, and getting infected this way is impossible, Dr. Meiby Rodriguez, director of clinical research at the Finlay Vaccines Institute (IFV), said on Thursday. The Cuban vaccine candidates are based on a platform of subunits, in other words, a purified protein portion of the virus, so there is no risk of inoculation of the virus upon vaccination, the expert explained at a press briefing on television on Thursday.
She said that these vaccines do not have a platform of the attenuated virus, or alive, so if a person is vaccinated and tests positive when they undergo an antigen or PCR test, it means that he or she was exposed to the virus that causes the disease.
People in Cuba with chronic diseases can be vaccinated
People in Cuba with chronic diseases can be vaccinated
Havana, Apr 21 (Prensa Latina) Experts from the Cuban Finlay Vaccines Institute on Wednesday claimed that people suffering from any chronic disease can be vaccinated, as long as they are stable and the treatment does not interfere. However, we suggest that they consult with the doctor that treats them, according to a message posted by this scientific center on Twitter.
In short, community doctor s offices will become the clinical places for the beginning of the first mass vaccination phase against Covid-19 in Cuba.