Cuba says Abdala vaccine 92.28% effective against coronavirus
Cuba said on Monday its three-shot Abdala vaccine against the coronavirus had proved 92.28% effective in last-stage clinical trials.
June 21, 2021Section
Covid-19
Brazil reported 899 Covid deaths and 43,313 new cases in last 24 hours (June 21)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to the media consortium, which collects data from the regional health secretariats of the...
June 21, 2021
Covid-19 vaccine shortage in 1/3 of São Paulo city posts on Monday
Over 30% of Covid-19 vaccination posts in the city of São Paulo are not working this Monday, June 21, due...
June 21, 2021
Mining company Vale donates one million food baskets in Brazil in cooperation with NGOs
Vale has joined forces with Panela Cheia Movement, União SP, UNESCO, União Rio and Ação da Cidadania to donate around...
June 21, 2021
Colombia feels the blow of a voracious pandemic that has left 100,000 people dead
The pandemic has plunged Colombia into an abyss with more than 100,000 deaths and almost four million contagions, with no...
June 21, 2021
Brazil is already facing a third Covid wave, says Council of Health Secretaries
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The president of the National Council of Health Secretaries (Conass), Carlos Lula, said Monday that...
June 21, 2021
Doctors denounce “anarchy” in Venezuela’s vaccination plan
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The director of the NGO Médicos Unidos de Venezuela (MUV), Jorge Lorenzo, denounced this Monday...
June 21, 2021
Brazil’s Health Minister announces delivery of 1.5 million Janssen vaccine doses to Brazil on Tuesday
Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga on Monday, June 21, announced that 1.5 million doses of the Janssen vaccine will arrive in...
June 21, 2021
U.S. to donate more than 14 million vaccine doses to Latin America and Caribbean
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The United States will donate more than 14 million doses of vaccines against Covid-19 to...
June 21, 2021