As the disease progresses, Cuban doctors recommend strengthening COVID jabs | Coronavirus News Plague

Havana, Cuba – There is every corner hospital in Havana, each with a family doctor and a nurse.

For the past few weeks, these health workers have gone to visit their patients in the Cuban capital, from the sun – houses like warren where whole families live in one room – smart houses in mansions where monuments still hang out in the big windows overlooking the Florida Straits.

They have been telling residents that the coronavirus vaccine has arrived and is offering stops jabs. This has happened repeatedly in the city, and – as long as there are enough injections to use the dose – has been repeated recently across the country.

In the context of the epidemic, Cuba is launching a new chapter. By 2020 mainly keeping the virus beyond its shores, HIV-infected patients are now on the rise, with an increase of 2,698 cases every Saturday, and seven days now more than 2,000. Cuba faces one of the biggest challenges in the Caribbean.

And last week the country announced that Abdala, one in five vaccines developed by Cuba in its laboratories – the most amazing thing in the world of 11 million people with dangerous weapons – is Power of 92.28%. This compares 95% of Pfizer-BioNTech, 95% of Modern and 76% of AstraZeneca.

Earlier this month he says his other vaccine, Soberana-02, was 62 percent effective after two doses. On Thursday, his scientists said boosting could bring this between 85 and 95% (Abdala returns three times).

Caves closely follow the numerical representations, which are able to move in the face of new changes. At home, the vaccine has been tested on people who have so far not been affected by any major COVID-19 wave, and should still be monitored by other countries.

“I have no reason to believe in fraud or falsehood,” said Amílcar Pérez Riverol, a fellow biologist at São Paulo State University in Brazil and a former Cuban military veteran. “This is a technical science and eventually the vaccine will reveal the status of the workers. But like any other scientist, I can see the point. ”

In Havana, where population growth is increasing as a result of disease outbreaks, the results have been widespread. “After such a difficult year in lines and food shortages, it’s best to have something to celebrate,” said a woman leaving a local hospital last week.

The incident also sparked a 9pm applause for Cuban health workers. Cubans – who respect their health careers – continue to clap for several months, eventually settling into daily life. Currently there is a shortage of food and medicine and a temporary rise in prices. And there are more patients who are infected with the virus.

Vaccine of the ‘Ruler’

At the beginning of the epidemic, the Cuban government had the opportunity to showcase their health services, the “good” dictatorship, and the biotech business that Fidel Castro has always believed the country could do well.

Available in Cuba President Miguel Díaz-Canel called on laboratories in the country to bring what they called “an independent solution to COVID-19”.

It was just that there were economic crises that started immediately, when visitors disappeared and the economy started with 11 percent. The government is struggling to pay off its debt around the world as the US demanded that it be difficult for Cuban foreigners to send money home.

In November, forced officers opened the border and allowed people to enter. On the same day Cuba had 27 new cases and the US had 159,003 cases. The numbers in Cuba have just begun to rise and as of Sunday, there were 13,213 cases in the country (beyond 2020) and 1,253 deaths from the virus.

In May, 33-year-old Marilyn Salazar Martínez heard that she was testing the Soberana-02 vaccine in her area of ​​Havana barrio in Vedado. “They look at people over the age of 60 but I went to the doctor and they agreed to take me.”

The man receives a jab at a Havana hospital [Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters]

He said he did not know if he would receive the vaccine or the place. “I wanted the opportunity to get vaccinated soon, and to be involved in finding a solution,” he told Al Jazeera.

Shortly after the second injection, her friend became infected. “I thought I would get the virus too,” she said. After she was admitted to the hospital, a doctor came and tested her for PCR, which she was found to have.

“Three weeks later, when he returned home, he confirmed that I had been vaccinated,” he said. “There is no way to know if it was just a chance or a vaccine that stopped me from taking COVID, but since we live together it seems to be the vaccine.”

Planting syringes

According to Cuban officials, 2.2 million Cubans have been vaccinated for the first time, with less than 1 million having three essential jabs. Cuba hopes to fully protect its people this year.

As families now go to their clinics or workplaces to get the vaccine, a new problem has arisen: a major concern over the lack of vaccines. Because this vaccine requires three types of vaccines, Cuba’s need is greater than in other countries.

An international operation has been launched to deliver the island, led by Cuban foreign forces and international cooperation. Global Health Partners (GHP), a non-profit organization based in New York, has launched a campaign to reduce the so-called 20 million syringes. “To date, we have purchased four million syringes. We hope to buy another two million, “Bob Schwartz, GHP’s vice president, told Al Jazeera.

What no one is worried about, however, is Cuba’s ability to put the vaccine in the hands of the people. “Even at the very beginning, I know that discharge will not be a problem, because the Cuban medical procedures are very effective,” says Pérez Riverol.

Gregory Biniowsky is a Canadian lawyer and long-time resident who received the Abdala vaccine at a school in Havana Plaza Vieja. “There were six doctors there. The nurse says that there may be symptoms such as a cold and a slight muscle pain, and that is what I have found. ”

Biniowsky believes that Cuba will not be the largest vaccinated country in Latin America in the next six months, but that there will be no vaccinations in other countries, including the US or Russia.

“It’s for three reasons,” he said. “Only one species is found in other countries where it does not exist. Then there is the strong belief in science. And last but not least, I don’t think people will ever get the chance. ”

Cuba has eight doctors per 1,000 people, three times in the UK or US. They know where their patients live.