may be on the verge of a coronavirus vaccine breakthrough and not a moment too soon, as deaths and cases spike on the communist-run island.
Cuban scientists say they expect their vaccines to be a game changer -- not just against the rising COVID-19 numbers but also"The main object of this clinical trial is to show the clinical efficacy of our vaccine candidate," said Dagmar Garcia Rivera, a researcher with the government-run Finlay Institute for Vaccines. "After that we could be in conditions to start massive vaccination in Cuba and some other countries in the world.
Cuba's most-tested vaccine candidate, Soberana 02 is a conjugate vaccine which carries part of the spike protein from the virus, binding it to human cells. Crombet said she was confident that Cuba would end up with more than one approved vaccine which would give the island greater flexibility to fight the pandemic.
This would be no small feat for any country but a particularly daunting one for an island where the economy has been battered by the pandemic and increase in U.S. sanctions under the Trump administration. Many Cubans currently have difficulty finding basic painkillers and antibiotics much less a cutting-edge vaccine.
They are doing better than Canada.
Cuban healthcare is phenomenal. Not surprising at all. Awesome.
Ok... that’s a bit embarrassing.
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