Cuba asks other countries to approve its vaccine against covid-19
Cuba this Sunday encouraged other countries to approve the three vaccines against COVID-19 for emergency use that it has developed, waiting for the World Health Organization (WHO) certify its effectiveness.
The president of the state group of the biopharmaceutical industry of Cuba (BioCubaFarma), Eduardo Martínez Díaz, stressed on Twitter that the vaccines Abdala, Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus are “very effective” and that other countries could use them to immunize their population as it is doing Cuba.
“There is no impediment to using vaccines in Cuba and other countries that require them and whose regulatory authority approves them for emergency use, “he said. Martínez.
The head of BioCubaFarma also recalled that the country has announced its “interest in submitting them to the international prequalification process” for independent experts to review their effectiveness and be approved internationally by the WHO.
This seal would give external validity to Cuban formulas so that other countries could acquire them with guarantees. and so that they enter within the formulas that You can purchase the WHO Covax Facility, a tool to facilitate access to vaccines in low-income countries. (Eph).
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