A monoclonal antibody created in Cuba, Itolizumaben shows encouraging results today in treating Covid-19 patients in the country, where there is a wide range of effective drugs to fight against the pandemic.
The number of patients recovered from Covid-19 in Cuba amounted to 309 with another 24 new medical discharges, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Tuesday.
Cuba today has the necessary resources to face Covid-19, even in the worst case scenario, despite the United States bloc, Francisco Durán, director of the Ministry of Public Health, reiterated today.
The Costa Rican Cuba Solidarity Committee (CCSC) on Monday demanded an end to the economic, financial and commercial blockade that the United States has imposed on Cuba for nearly six decades, and has further tightened over the past few years.
The virtual race called by organizers of the Half Marathon in Varadero, Cuba, was attended today by about a thousand athletes from Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, Ecuador, Panama, the Dominican Republic, United States, Switzerland, Venezuela, Uruguay, Portugal, Belgium and Germany, in addition to participants from all the regions of Cuba.
The crisis unleashed the Covid-19 pandemic goes well beyond the scope of health and shows the need to cooperate among nations, Cuba has called on world governments.
Fulfilling with careful attention the delivery of food to the elderly in their homes is also today a relevant measure in the confrontation with Covid-19, in the central province of Sancti Spíritus .
The governor of the Piedmont region, Alberto Cirio, today thanked the Cuban government for helping that Italian territory to face Covid-19.
The company Medicuba will not be able to purchase the artificial respirators contracted to the manufacturers IMT Medical AG and Acutronic Medical Systems AG due to the blockade, because they were both bought by a US company, according to a Cuban official source.
Cuba’s Minister of Domestic Trade, Betsy Diaz, reported the implementation of new measures to contribute to the efforts fighting Covid-19.
