They revealed which Latin American country authorized the use of Cuban vaccines

Nicaragua approved the emergency use of vaccines versus coronavirus Abdala and Sovereign 02, developped by Cubaannounced the state laboratory BioCubaFarm.

Off the island, the Abdala he was authorized for Vietnam, whose government has already signed the purchase of 10 million doses, while Venezuela has also signed a supply contract for 12 million units.

Besides, Nicaragua is the second country in the world to give the green light to the use of Sovereign 02, after Iran, which also produces it. This vaccine it is given in conjunction with another topical medicine, Soberana Plus.

The Cuban vaccines They are based on a recombinant protein, the same technique used by the American Novavax and the French Sanofi, and are more than 90 percent effective in preventing disease with symptoms, according to Cuban scientists.

Cuba in September initiated contacts with the World Health Organization (WHO) to obtain the recognition of its vaccines, a process which, according to BioCubaFarma, will “facilitate” its trade abroad.

Argentina and Mexico have also expressed interest in acquiring doses, with which Cuba It has managed to vaccinate 46% of its 11.2 million inhabitants, according to the latest report.

Under United States embargo, Cuba have started to develop their own vaccines in the 1980s, discovering the first against meningitis B. Today nearly 80 percent of women vaccines that it includes in its vaccination program are manufactured on the island.

Until mid-September, Nicaragua, with 6.5 million inhabitants, there were vaccinated just over 4 percent of the population over 45 with chronic illnesses, with vaccines AstraZeneca, Covishield and initially Sputnik V.