Cuba Sends 120,000 COVID-19 Vaccines to Syria

[Judi Lynn]

Shipment of a batch of Abdala vaccines to Syria, Havana, Cuba, Jan. 7, 2022. | Photo: Twitter/ @ldejesusreyes

Published 9 January 2022 (3 hours 5 minutes ago)

The Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) announced that Cuba sent 120,000 COVID-19 vaccines to Syria. More specifically, the product sent was Abdala, one of three vaccines manufactured entirely in this Latin American country.

The objective of the shipment is "to help this sister country in its fight against the pandemic," CIGB tweeted, although it did not clarify when Syria authorized the use of the Cuban-made vaccine.

"We are sure these vaccines will help reduce the impact of the pandemic in this sister country," Foreign Trade & Investment Vice Minister Ana Gonzalez said from the Jose Marti Airport in Havana.

Abdala received the emergency certificate in Cuba in July 2021, after the health authorities verified that it complied with all the quality, safety, and efficacy protocols for vaccines. Based on data obtained from clinical trials, Abdala demonstrated 92 percent efficacy in preventing symptomatic forms of COVID-19.

More:
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Syria-Will-Receive-Abdala-Vaccines-Against-COVID-19-From-Cuba--20220109-0008.html

[Hooligan2]

1. cuba helps the world out? how nice