Sources: Miami Herald
Nicaragua authorizes the Cuban Abdala and Soberana COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use. 2021-10-2
Cuba grants the emergency use approval for its second homegrown Soberana 2 vaccine. 2021-08-20
Cuba reports a record 7,745 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 308,599. 2021-07-22
Cuban health regulator CECMED approves the emergency use of the domestically-produced Abdala vaccine, becoming the fifth COVID-19 vaccine to be approved in the country. Manufacturers last month claimed that the vaccine, which requires three doses, has a 92% effectiveness rate against the virus. This makes Cuba the first Caribbean and Latin American country to successfully develop its own variation of the vaccine. 2021-07-9
Cuba says that the Abdala vaccine is proven to be 92% effective against COVID-19. 2021-06-21
Over one million people in Cuba have received a dose of the Abdala and Soberana 02 vaccines. 2021-05-21
Cuba initiates its mass vaccination campaign for around 1.7 million people, using its locally-developed SOBERANA 02 and ABDALA vaccines, both of which have yet to complete its Phase III clinical trials. 2021-05-12
Cuban authorities announce that the country will tighten its measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and require all tourists to isolate after visiting the island until they test negative. 2021-01-30
Thirty-nine health workers from Cuba arrive in Andorra, as the country's confirmed cases and death toll per capita becomes one of the highest in the world. 2020-03-29
In an effort to further prevent the spread of COVID-19, Cuba announces a ban on tourism and most air travel, starting Tuesday. This restriction does not apply to citizens and residents. 2020-03-20