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Cuba celebrates the centenary of the Communist Party of China

Cuba celebrates the centenary of the Communist Party of China
In a message to the General Secretary of the Chinese Party, Cuba’s President emphasized, “We are pleased that relations between our parties are characterized by their full maturity, expressed in political confidence, exchanges of experiences, equality and mutual respect.”

Author: Milagros Pichardo Pérez | internet@granma.cu
july 2, 2021 09:07:05


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With a ceremony presided by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz and First Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, Cuba commemorated the centenary of the Communist Party of China, and reaffirmed the indestructible ties of friendship shared by the two nations.

In a message to the General Secretary of the Chinese Party, Cuba’s President emphasized, “We are pleased that relations between our parties are characterized by their full maturity, expressed in political confidence, exchanges of experiences, equality and mutual respect.”

During the event, Party Political Bureau member and Secretary of Organization and Cadre Policy, Roberto Morales Ojeda, extended fraternal congratulations from the Communist Party and people of Cuba to all Chinese Communists, on the occasion of the centenary of their Party.

He reaffirmed our support to the principle of “one China” and rejected any attempt to interfere in its internal affairs. He also thanked the Asian country for its unwavering support to the Cuban struggle against the U.S. blockade.


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He emphasized that both parties are intent on improving mechanism to facilitate coordination and exchanges, support for economic and cooperative relations, as well as regular consultation on strategic issues.

Zhang Yiwen, chargé d’affaires at the Chinese Embassy in Havana, in her remarks thanked Cuba for taking the initiative to celebrate the date, adding, “Relations between China and Cuba are at the best moment in their history, and are characterized by full maturity and confidence.”

Abdala, with three doses, demonstrates 92.28% efficacy

Abdala, with three doses, demonstrates 92.28% efficacy
Communist Party First Secretary and President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, on behalf of Cuba, congratulates researchers who in 13 months achieved a global milestone

Leticia Martínezjune 22, 2021 08:06:44


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A three-dose regimen of the Abdala candidate vaccine has demonstrated an efficacy of 92.28 percent, placing it well above the World Health Organization (WHO) requirement of at least 50 percent, to be recognized as an anti-COVID-19 vaccine.
Over the course of 48 hours, from Saturday to Monday, Cuba, a small, poor country, has shaken the world, noted Party First Secretary and President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, in a meeting, yesterday afternoon, with researchers at the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), where Abdala was developed.


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The President decided to meet with the scientists after learning about the efficacy analysis of Abdala at Monday’s meeting of the government’s COVID-19 prevention and control group.
He had visited the Finlay Vaccine Institute on Saturday, after learning that its Soberana 02 candidate vaccine, with just two doses, had demonstrated 62% efficacy – without a third booster dose of Soberana Plus, which should produce an superior response.
Abdala’s efficacy places it among vaccines with the best results in the world, which have all been produced in the principal laboratories of the most developed countries with financing of hundreds of millions and billions of dollars, something that for Cuba is impossible, even more so given the tightening of the economic, commercial and financial blockade during the pandemic.
Dr. Marta Ayala Avila, CIGB director, explained that efficacy is the most important objective of any vaccine. “It is its effect in real life,” she stated.

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Abdala, con tres dosis, tiene una eficacia de 92,28 %

Abdala, con tres dosis, tiene una eficacia de 92,28 % (+Video)
El Primer Secretario del Partido Comunista de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, acudió al CIGB en la tarde de este lunes para felicitar, en nombre de Cuba, a los investigadores que en 13 meses lograron un hito mundial. «Y vamos por más», sentenció el Presidente de la República

Leticia Martínez Hernández21 de junio de 2021 21:06:01


«En nombre de Cuba, felicitaciones», dijo Díaz-Canel a los investigadores del CIGB que trabajaron en la creación de Abdala, que ya es vacuna anti-COVID-19.
«En nombre de Cuba, felicitaciones», dijo Díaz-Canel a los investigadores del CIGB que trabajaron en la creación de Abdala, que ya es vacuna anti-COVID-19. Foto: Estudios Revolución
Después de aplicarse la formulación de tres dosis, el candidato vacunal Abdala tiene una eficacia de 92,28 por ciento, lo que lo sitúa muy por encima de la exigencia de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) para declarar como tal a una vacuna anti COVID-19, que debe tener para ello al menos un 50 por ciento de eficacia.

De la tarde del sábado a la de este lunes, han transcurrido 48 horas en las que Cuba, un país pobre y pequeño, ha estremecido al mundo, como señaló el Primer Secretario del Partido Comunista de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, en un encuentro con las investigadoras e investigadores del Centro de Ingeniería Genética y Biotecnología (CIGB).


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El Presidente de la República decidió encontrarse con los científicos tras informarse del análisis final de eficacia de Abdala en la reunión de lunes del Grupo temporal de trabajo del Gobierno para la prevención y control de la COVID-19.

Así lo hizo también el sábado, cuando fue a saludar a los investigadores del Instituto Finlay de Vacunas tras conocer que el candidato vacunal Soberana 02, con sus dos dosis, tiene una eficacia del 62 por ciento, un resultado que aún no contiene la aplicación de la tercera dosis de refuerzo de Soberana Plus, que debe situarla también entre las vacunas más eficaces para controlar el virus SARS-CoV-2.

La eficacia de Abdala la ubica entre las vacunas con mejores resultados del mundo, esas que se han producido en los principales laboratorios de los países más desarrollados a partir de financiamientos de cientos de millones y miles de millones de dólares, algo que para Cuba es una quimera, más aún en medio de la agudización del bloqueo económico, comercial y financiero durante todo lo que va de pandemia.

La doctora en ciencias Marta Ayala Ávila, directora general del CIGB, explicó que la eficacia es el resultado más importante de una vacuna. «Es su efecto en la vida real», afirmó.

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