Cuba rolls out first coronavirus-fighting drug in China

March 17, 2020 The Haiti Sentinel 0

Cuba’s BioCubaFarma group is expected to increase the production of a drug called Interferon B which cures the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, pharmaceutical executives announced Friday. BioCubaFarma President Eduardo Martinez said they have developed 22 drugs, including Interferon B, that are set to be used to contain the COVID-19 global pandemic. Read more

Cuban drug could save thousands of lives in coronavirus pandemic

March 17, 2020 The Morning 0

CUBAN medicine could treat thousands of coronavirus patients as production of a “flagship” drug known to combat the disease is set to increase significantly, pharmaceutical bosses said at a press conference on Friday. President of the BioCubaFarma group Eduardo Martinez explained that the socialist island has developed 22 drugs that Read more

Cuba Confirms Three Positive Cases of Coronavirus

March 12, 2020 Telesur 0

The people who had contact with the three patients were transferred to an isolation center. The Cuban Ministry of Public Health confirmed Wednesday night that three Italian tourists who arrived on the Caribbean island last Monday tested positive for the new coronavirus. Four Italian tourists from Lombardy were identified by the Read more

U.S. Flight Restrictions to Cuba Became Effective on March 10

March 12, 2020 Telesur 0

Due to Trump’s policies, flights taking off from the U.S. will only be allowed to land at the Marti Airport in Havana. Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Tuesday denounced that the restrictions established by the United States on commercial flights to his country deteriorate the ties of Cuban families with Read more

Cuba Has No COVID-19 Cases so Far but Remains Alert

March 9, 2020 Telesur 0

The Cuban health system has professionals and medicines to successfully face epidemiological challenges. Cuba’s National Public Health System authorities Thursday reported that its nation does not register cases of Covid-19, a disease that affects 114,000 people in more than 100 countries and territories around the world. espite the U.S. blockade against their revolution, the Cubans have Read more