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Cuba: ‘In Manzanillo Those Who Died From COVID-19 Were Buried in Mass Graves, up to 200 in a Single Day’

14ymedio, Juan Matos, Manzanillo (Granma Province), 2 February 2024 — In the San Francisco cemetery complex, fifteen minutes by car from the municipal necropolis of Manzanillo (Granma), up to 200 dead were buried in a single day in mass graves during the worst time of the pandemic. Mobilized by order of the authorities, the gravediggers … Continue reading “Cuba: ‘In Manzanillo Those Who Died From COVID-19 Were Buried in Mass Graves, up to 200 in a Single Day’”

Cuba Recommends Wearing Masks in Crowds, but Does Not Require Tourists To Take Covid Tests

EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 9 January 2024 — The Cuban Public Health Ministry this Tuesday recommended that people use masks in crowds and keep to the program of vaccination against covid-19. The request, issued in an article from the Minister of Public Health, José Ángel Portal Miranda, came out just after the country kept to its … Continue reading “Cuba Recommends Wearing Masks in Crowds, but Does Not Require Tourists To Take Covid Tests”

The Supreme Court of Mexico Demands Data on the Expired Doses of Cuba’s Abdala Covid Vaccine

14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico, 1 September 2023 — The Supreme Court of Mexico has ordered the Federal Ministry of Health on Thursday to reveal the number of vaccines against COVID-19, including the Cuban Abdala, which expired before their application, as well as the manufacturer and batch of origin. In a statement, the Court stressed that … Continue reading “The Supreme Court of Mexico Demands Data on the Expired Doses of Cuba’s Abdala Covid Vaccine”

The First Group of Chinese Tourists Arrives in Cuba After the COVID-19 Pandemic

14ymedio, Havana, 16 August 2023 — The first group of Chinese tourists traveling to Cuba since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic arrived at Havana airport on Monday. The Island, which last received visitors from the Asian country in 2020, has been preparing the ground for months, not only for the massive arrival of vacationers … Continue reading “The First Group of Chinese Tourists Arrives in Cuba After the COVID-19 Pandemic”

The Mexican State of Coahuila Will Destroy 70,000 Expired Cuban Abdala Covid Vaccines

14ymedio, Mexico, 2 August 2, 2023 — A total of 70,000 doses of the Cuban Abdala vaccine for Covid that expired this month will be destroyed in the Mexican state of Coahuila. According to the local health manager, Roberto Bernal Gómez, people “distrust” this vaccine because it does not have the endorsement of the World … Continue reading “The Mexican State of Coahuila Will Destroy 70,000 Expired Cuban Abdala Covid Vaccines”

Mexico Continues To Use Pfizer To Vaccinate Children Against Covid Instead of the Cuban Abdala Vaccine

14ymedio, Mexico, 5 June 2023 — The Mexican state of Chihuahua, on the border with the United States, announced that on Monday, in 224 medical and clinical units, it began the application of 17,520 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to children between 5 and 11 years of age. According to the state vaccination coordinator, Hugo … Continue reading “Mexico Continues To Use Pfizer To Vaccinate Children Against Covid Instead of the Cuban Abdala Vaccine”

Cuba Receives a Loan to Produce 200 Million Vaccines Against COVID

14ymedio, Havana, 24 September 2022 — The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will grant a loan of 46.7 million euros ($45.25 million) for the purchase of protective equipment and the production of 200 million coronavirus vaccines in Cuba. This agency will channel a credit granted by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE), the … Continue reading “Cuba Receives a Loan to Produce 200 Million Vaccines Against COVID”

BioCubaFarma Attributes its Financial Difficulties to Investment in Vaccines Against COVID

14ymedio, Madrid, September 15, 2022 — The directors of BioCubaFarma said, on Wednesday, that the state-owned company hasn’t been able to collect most of the $200 million profit allegedly obtained from the sale abroad of the Soberana and Abdala vaccines. In 2021, BioCubaFarma said, it spent half of its resources on the production of COVID … Continue reading “BioCubaFarma Attributes its Financial Difficulties to Investment in Vaccines Against COVID”

Cuban Opposition Figure Felix Navarro is Isolated and has Covid in Aguica Prison in Matanzas

14ymedio, Havana, 8 August 2022 — Since last August 4, the Cuban government opponent Félix Navarro has been isolated in the infirmary of the Agüica prison, in Matanzas, due to a new infection by covid-19. The activist Rosa María Payá denounced through Facebook that “for almost three weeks he has not been allowed to communicate with … Continue reading “Cuban Opposition Figure Felix Navarro is Isolated and has Covid in Aguica Prison in Matanzas”

Cuba, Summer 2022: Clay for Children or a Vaccine Against COVID-19?

14ymedio, Elias Amor Bravo, Economist, 31 July 2022 — Cuba’s State newspaper Granma wants to leave behind this month of July, of accumulation of anomalies for the regime, with some news that aims to mean a return to normality. Not so much to justify that 10.9% GDP growth that Economy Minister Alejandro Gil Fernandez said … Continue reading “Cuba, Summer 2022: Clay for Children or a Vaccine Against COVID-19?”

Cuba Exceeds One Hundred Daily Cases of Covid for the First Time in Two Months

EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 23 July 2022 — Cuba exceeded one hundred daily cases of Covid-19 on Saturday for the first time in more than two months, confirming 114 new infections. The last time the Ministry of Public Health registered more than 100 new positives in one day was on May 14, when it reported … Continue reading “Cuba Exceeds One Hundred Daily Cases of Covid for the First Time in Two Months”

Health Challenges are Multiplying in Cuba, with Dengue Fever and a Covid Variant

14ymedio, Havana, 15 July 2022 — Problems are accumulating for the Cuban authorities, and not even the old jewel in the crown can give joy. The latest worry has been the deaths from dengue hemorrhagic fever of a girl under the age of seven in Cienfuegos and a pregnant doctor. In addition, another minor died … Continue reading “Health Challenges are Multiplying in Cuba, with Dengue Fever and a Covid Variant”

Clothes, Cocktails and Music: A Cuban Entrepreneur Against the Crisis and Covid

EFE (via 14ymedio), Raquel Martor, Havana, 8 June 2022 — Cuban Loypa Izaguirre, with her small business in Old Havana that offers designer clothes, cocktails and music, is an example of the new generation of young entrepreneurs that is emerging on the island despite the crisis and the pandemic. The 33-year-old has been promoting the … Continue reading “Clothes, Cocktails and Music: A Cuban Entrepreneur Against the Crisis and Covid”

The Cuban Government Declared Only One Seventh of the Deaths from Covid, According to National Statistics

14ymedio, Havana, 16 May 2022 — The latest demographic data from Cuba’s National Office of Statistics and Information (Onei) are unappealable: in 2021, 55,206 more Cubans died than in 2020. According to a report dated May 11, last year 167,645 people died on the island, compared to the 112,439 who did so the previous year, an increase … Continue reading “The Cuban Government Declared Only One Seventh of the Deaths from Covid, According to National Statistics”

Diaz-Canel Calls For Extreme Measures in the Face of the Covid Increase in Cuba

EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 30 March 2022 — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel called for extreme sanitary measures to prevent a new wave of COVID-19 infections despite the progress of the massive immunization campaign, the official press reported on Tuesday. According to the official Granma newspaper, during their weekly meeting with Díaz-Canel, scientists advising the government predicted … Continue reading “Diaz-Canel Calls For Extreme Measures in the Face of the Covid Increase in Cuba”