Current Events > Cuban vaccines are also effective against Omicron

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Since the beginning of the pandemic, Cuba has proven to be at the forefront of vaccine research to combat Covid-19, becoming the first and still the only Latin American country able to develop its own vaccines. The blanket vaccination campaign across the island has allowed the country to significantly reduce the number of positive cases and especially deaths, with 10.5 million people receiving at least one vaccine dose.

With the advent of the new Omicron variant , even in Cuba the authorities are preparing for a possible increase in infections. Precisely for this reason, the Pedro Kour Institute of Tropical Medicine of Havana conducted a clinical study of viral neutralization, which showed how the Soberana series vaccines and the Abdala vaccine , developed respectively by the Finlay Institute and the Engineering Center Genetics and Biotechnology, have a high capacity to neutralize the Omicron variant.

According to data published by the Pedro Kour Institute, and presented by Dr. Guadalupe Guzmn Tirado, 90% of the people analyzed developed antibodies to counter the Omicron variant after receiving the scheme of two doses of Soberana 02 vaccine and a reinforcement dose. with Abdala. Furthermore, this figure rises to 100% when individuals who have been given a fourth dose are also considered. Guzmn Tirado said she was very satisfied with these results, which demonstrate the effectiveness of the vaccination program implemented in Cuba.

https://workers.today/cuban-vaccines-are-also-effective-against-omicron/

Awesome news.

Good thing we lifted the embargo

I believe that the embargo is a thing. We now have diplomatic relations with Cuba. The embargo prevents any ship from docking at US ports within (I think) 6 months after docking in Cuba.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/06/1094612