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Cuba wants to protect its entire population against the novel coronavirus with a vaccine it has developed in the first half of next year.
Cuba wants to protect its entire population against the novel coronavirus with a vaccine it has developed in the first half of next year.
The country could “immunize the Cuban population against the Sars-CoV-2 virus within the first half of 2021,” said the director of the Finlay Vaccine Institute, Vicente Vérez Bencomo, of the state newspaper “Granma” on Tuesday (local time).
Two vaccine candidates, Soberana01 and Soberana02 (Souverän01 and Souverän02), had shown good results in initial studies.
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Most of Cuba will be reopened to foreign visitors just in time for the main season. International flights have been allowed again at the airports of the Caribbean state - with the exception of Havana - since Thursday.
Most of Cuba will be reopened to foreign visitors just in time for the main season. International flights have been allowed again at the airports of the Caribbean state - with the exception of Havana - since Thursday.
According to the Cuban Ministry of Health, visitors will be tested for the coronavirus upon arrival. In every hotel there will be a team of doctors, everything will be paid for without cash. Cuba closed its borders in March due to the corona pandemic.
In July there was a first reopening for foreign tourists; However, only charter flights and stays in all-inclusive resorts on five specific islands without contact with the local population were allowed.
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Cuba has relaxed the strict anti-corona measures in the capital Havana. The curfew, which has been in force since September between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m.(local time), will be lifted, Havana's governor Reinaldo García Zapata announced on state television.
Cuba has relaxed the strict anti-corona measures in the capital Havana. The curfew, which has been in force since September between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m.(local time), will be lifted, Havana's governor Reinaldo García Zapata announced on state television.
Beaches and swimming pools are now open again, subject to conditions, and local public transport may start operating. The reason for the easing is the ailing economy. Shops are also allowed to extend the previously restricted shop opening times.
The airport, bars and discos will remain closed for the time being.
