The 99.3 % of students in the final years of high school in the capital have already completed their immunization schedule with the Abdala vaccine and at this moment the process is being concluded with those who for different reasons had been delayed, with a view to resuming on October 4 the presential school course in those levels, Tribuna newspaper reported.

Cuba is already vaccinating COVID-19 convalescents, the process kicked off in this easternmost province on Monday by administering a single of the homegrown vaccine Soberana Plus to some 11 thousand 520 citizens of 19 years of age and older.

The application of Soberana Plus to COVID-19 convalescents begins today in Villa Clara for those who suffered from the disease before last July 12, reinforcing the immunity acquired with the disease, at the same time that other vaccination schedules continue.

Cuba studied a total of 48,370 samples for surveillance during the day, resulting in 6,632 positive tests. The country accumulates 9, 423,660 samples taken and 860,799 positive.

Cuba sent a first batch of its Abadala COVID-19 Vaccine to Vietnam as part of a bilateral deal for the Asian nation to purchase five million doses of the locally developed vaccine.

Cuba expects to increase to 24 percent the use of renewable energy in its national power output by the year 2030, said Energy and Mines minister Livan Arronte during a High-Level Dialog on the topic in the context of the 76 Session of the UN General Assembly.
According to the Cuban permanent mission at the UN, the minister said that his country prioritizes the use of clean and sustainable energy in tune with the sustainable development goals related to the 2030 Agenda.

The Ismaelillo trial with the Abdala vaccine in 3 to 18 year-old children, carried out for almost three months in this city, was a success for Cuban science and Camaguey province in particular, in search of the drug's authorization for its application in the infant population.

Cuba studied a total of 50,925 samples to detect COVID 19, resulting in 7,695 tests. The country accumulates 9, 271,041 samples taken and 839,981 positive.

The Center for State Control of Medicines, Equipment and Medical Devices (CECMED by its Spanish acronym) approved the authorization for emergency use of the Cuban vaccine Soberana Plus, developed by the Finlay Institute of Vaccines.

Cuba wakes up today with a total of 5,513 patients in pediatric ages hospitalized with COVID-19, of which 1,550 were diagnosed in the last day.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel thanked today on Twitter all those who made it possible for the country to have the required number of anti-COVID-19 doses to immunize the entire population.

People in the city of Las Tunas who are allergic to Thiomersal began to receive the first dose of the Chinese anti-COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm in 35 vaccination stations.

Representatives of the University of Havana (UH) and the Cuban Academy of Language (ACuL) will sign today in this city a framework agreement to contract providers of goods, works and services widely used in state public administrations.

France will grant a 45-million-Euro fund to Cuba which will allow the local Finlay Vaccine Institute to expand the production of vaccines against meningitis and pneumonia.