HealthCaribbean Weekday

After the participation of the Henry Reeve medical brigade in Lombardy supporting Italian medical personnel at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Italy and Cuba met to discuss further collaboration in the health sector. For this reason, the Cuban Ambassador of Italy, José Carlos Rodríguez and the Italian Deputy Minister of Health, Pierpaolo Sileria met to discuss ties. At the meeting at the Cuban embassy in Rome, the best way to structure stable and beneficial cooperation in health was discussed, […]

Cuba has registered its fourth COVID-19 vaccine to undergo clinical trials. The two new vaccines are known as the Mambisa (CIGB 669) and Abdala (CIGB 66) developed by the Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center (CIGB). The Mambisa and Abdala vaccines have been registered at the Regulatory Authority of Medicines, Equipment and Medical Devices (CECMED) to start trials. The Mambisa, named in honor of the women who fought in the 19th-century wars of independence, is a nasally administered vaccine. The Abdala, […]

Santo Domingo.- The Public Health Ministry on Monday reported 515 new cases of COVID-19 and one death, which did not occur on Sunday. Last Sunday some 2,873 PCR tests were performed on people who could possibly be infected and 1,777 follow-ups to patients who have the disease. In total 4,650 samples were taken. In the last three days, the country has totaled 2,211 infections, with a daily positivity that went from 13.54% last Friday, when 6,469 PCR tests were performed, to 17.93%, on Sunday with the processing of 2,873 samples.

Santo Domingo, DR While the large countries of the Americas continue to increase in volume the number of positive cases of COVID-19 and the number of deaths from the virus, the Dominican Republic in both aspects is in a better position than its neighbors. Currently, the Dominican Republic ranks 45th globally with the largest number of cases, while in the Americas it is 12th, according to data provided by Johns Hopkins University. The latest report from the Ministry of Public Health reported 986 new cases in the last 24 hours, for an accumulated 137,770, with 9,428 samples processed for a daily positivity of 15.40 percent. At a continental level, and ahead of the country, the United States leads the list with 12,044,934 infected people, followed by Brazil with 6,020,164; Argentina, […]