The Cuban COVID-19 vaccines known as Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus were granted the Grand Prize of the Belarus’ International Business Forum “Leader of the Year”, according to the Finlay Vaccine Institute.

Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal Miranda congratulated the workers of the Havana-based Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK) on the 85th anniversary of their institution.

Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz called today to increase surveillance and demanded strict observance of Cuban health protocols to avoid fresh outbreaks of disease now that the end-of-year festivities are drawing near.

For Cuba, cooperation in health is essential, which, as we know, is not only with this sister nation, but also reaches the entire Caribbean region, said Jose Angel Portal Miranda, Cuban health minister, during his recent visit to St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) reported that at the end of Saturday, December 3, a total of 73 patients were admitted in hospitals, 23 suspected and 50 confirmed active COVID-19 cases.

After concluding the Soberana Centro clinical trial, it was proved that the immune response of Soberana 01 is not inferior to that induced by Soberana 02, an important step for the regulatory entities to authorize its use against COVID-19 or as a booster.

On the occasion of World AIDS Day, Cuban President Miguel Díaz- Canel stressed the importance of tackling social inequalities that tamper with the efforts to eliminate this disease.

Phase II of the Soberana Centro clinical trial in the province of Cienfuegos will finish today with an evaluation of the results in the participating municipalities where the vaccines created by the Finlay Vaccine Institute were administered to more than 1,160 residents.

Ricardo Gómez Crespo, rector of the José Antonio Echeverría Technological University of Havana (CUJAE), presented the award of Doctor Honoris Causa to three scientists from the University of Seville—Dr. Angel Barriga Barros, Dr. Manuel Valencia Barreros and Dr. Santiago Sanchez Solano—in the 20th Scientific Convention of Engineering and Architecture (20 CCIA).

The 4th edition of the Calixto Garcia Solidarity Brigade was received on Monday night at the Pernik Hotel in Holguin(eastern Cuba), a project integrated by friends from Canada who every year, in November, come to Cuba to collaborate and learn about its history and culture.

The Cuban Academy of Sciences (ACC) mourned the death of eminent Cuban scientist Olivia Miranda Francisco, one of the members of Merit of the institution.

The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) reported that at the end of yesterday, November 26, a total of 48 patients were hospitalized, 18 suspected and 30 confirmed active COVID cases.

Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal met in Qatar with his counterpart Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari on ways to boost cooperation between the two countries.

Cuba shared its experience in its fight against COVID-19 both, domestically and abroad, at a virtual forum of health ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States regional organization (CELAC).