March 11th, 2021

11 March, 2021 Cuba reports 778 new Covid-19 cases

The national director of Epidemiology at the Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), Dr. Francisco Duran, reported 778 new Covid-19 cases and four deaths in the last 24 hours. Dr. Duran explained in his daily press conference on television that 4,656 people with Covid-19 are hospitalized and the total number of deaths rose to 361, while the overall number of contagions in Cuba since March 2020 has reached 59,157.

11 March, 2021 Clinical trials of Cuban vaccine underway

Cuba’s Center for State Control of Medicines, Equipment and Medical Devices (Cecmed) has begun an inspection of the Phase III clinical trial of the anti-COVID-19 vaccine candidate Soberana 02.

11 March, 2021 Serbian media highlight Cuban vaccine candidates

Numerous Serbian media today showed Cuba’s progress in developing vaccine candidates against Covid-19 called Soberana 01 and 02, Abdala, Mambisa and Soberana Plus, as well as the ongoing trials.

11 March, 2021 US money is the lubricant for campaigns against Cuba

For Cuban-American lawyer Jose Pertierra, settled in this capital, the money coming from the US government is the main ‘lubricant’ to sustain the subversive campaigns waged against Cuba.