Some 70,000 Cubans receive Abdala's 1st dose against Covid-19 Some 70,000 Cubans receive Abdala's 1st dose against Covid-19 Havana, May 13 (Prensa Latina) Some 70,000 Cubans have already received the first dose of Abdala vaccine candidate against Covid-19, with which the health intervention began on Monday, informed the country's Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP). The process, which is being carried out in stages, is expected to reach some 400,000 Havana residents and includes at-risk groups, students of medical sciences, workers of the Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical Industries Group and the health sector of the whole country. To that end, the intervention with Abdala started on Wednesday in the municipalities of Regla, Guanabacoa, Habana del Este and San Miguel del Padron.