Havana, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) In what is believed to be a world's first, Cuba has outlined plans to vaccinate its childhood population between the ages of two to eighteen against the deadly SARS CoV-2 Coronavirus which that country has engaged in an all out battle. This has resulted in the country developing five vaccine candidates in its war against the deadly virus.
KINGSTON, Jamaica September 5, 2021: The Opposition People’s National Party is calling for the Ministry of Health & Wellness to publish accurate data on the numbers of Covid and non-Covid patients who died in hospitals between Friday, August 27, 2021 and Monday, August 30, 2021, the period for which there was a shortage of oxygen in hospitals across the island.
Brussels, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The European Commission and AstraZeneca have settled a long dispute over coronavirus vaccine supply that will provide the bloc with 200 million doses by march 2022.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 4, 2021 - Opposition spokesman on Labour, Senator Lambert Brown, has expressed concern over the continuing deaths of health care workers from health facilities across the island as a result of complications from the SARS-CoV2 virus, and questioned whether they are covered by insurance.
KINGSTON, Jamaica: September 4, 2021 - While Prime Minister Andrew Holness was visiting selected vaccination centres, Opposition Leader Mark J. Golding and a team on Friday took the opportunity to respond to concerns regarding working conditions and the state of the island's health facilities, by visiting the St. Ann’s Bay Hospital where he did a wellness check and delivered masks and other supplies to the staff at the institution.
Havana, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina), Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel today hailed the country's scientific advances to immunize minors against Covid-19 with Cuban-developed Soberana 02 vaccine.
Havana, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will present its anti-Covid-19 vaccines to the World Health Organization (WHO) next week to begin the international recognition process, international media reported Thursday.
In its weekly epidemiological update, published on Tuesday, WHO warned it was becoming increasingly prevalent in Colombia and Ecuador, and showed signs of possible resistance to vaccines.
KINGSTON, Jamaica September 2, 2021 - As the island continues to experience a tremendous spike in Covid cases as well as unprecedented hospitalizations, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced an extension of the lockdown period and a continuation of the curfews in an effort to curb the spread of the virus.
KINGSTON, Jamaica: September 1, 2021 - Shadow Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Morais Guy, MP., is warning the Prime Minister against the politicization of Jamaica’s coronavirus vaccination programme and his ill-advised tours that breach the country’s public health regulations and the Disaster Risk Management Act.
