Drive for Vaccine Profits Means Thousands More Will Die
Graphic by Brenda López Actions by the Joe Biden administration, in refusing to share the U.S. government-owned patent of the coronavirus vaccine, ensures the profits of the rich who own
Cuba could be closing in on COVID vaccine sovereignty
The island is developing five experimental shots but two have reached final-stage trials. By Elizabeth Melimopoulos 29 Apr 2021 With two domestically produced COVID-19 vaccines in stage-three clinical trials, Cuba…
Massive intervention with COVID-19 vaccines will begin in May in Havana
Originally posted on ONCUBANEWS.com The head of the National Department of Primary Health Care of the MINSAP, MarÃa Elena Soto, explained that the vaccination was designed by population strata and
Perspectives from Havana in a Year of COVID and Embargo
Tuesdays at 6pm, starting April 13 Like the rest of the world, Havana and Cuba have just completed the first full year of Covid 19. It has done so with
In Covid fight, Cuba touts its medical equipment, ‘technological sovereignty’
Cuba’s own manufacturing of ventilators and CT scanners, which they’ve been doing since the U.S. embargo limits imports, has helped save them money during the pandemic. By Reuters HAVANA —…
Against the odds, Cuba could become a coronavirus vaccine powerhouse
Washington Post, By Anthony Faiola and Ana Vanessa HerreroMarch 29, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Cuban leader Fidel Castro vowed to build a biotech juggernaut in the Caribbean, advancing the…
Coronavirus infections in Cuba drop to 701, the third-lowest figure in March
Coronavirus infections in Cuba drop to 701, the third lowest figure in March The cases of COVID-19 dropped to 701 in Cuba this Sunday, only hours until the end of…
La Colmenita de Cuba presenta a “Chamaquili y la Pandemia”
In the meantime here again is the little video promo for vaccination from La Colmenita, the children’s after school theater group that has in fact has gained international renown and…
Behind Cuba’s successful pandemic response
by Talha Burki, The Lancet Infectious Disease Cuba’s long-standing commitment to health has led to a successful COVID-19 pandemic response, but it is threatened by financial and supplier issues. Talha
Lift the embargo. Fight the pandemic.
Covid-19 illustrates the logic of international solidarity: we are only as healthy as our sickest neighbour. But governments around the world are responding to the pandemic by hoarding supplies, blocking