Caribbean islands have reopened to international tourism. Most islands have dropped pre-arrival Covid testing for vaccinated travelers, but regulations are still particularly varied when it comes to entry protocols for unvaccinated travelers. Here are the latest developments for travel from the U.S. to each Caribbean country. To make this information easier to understand, we are segmenting each … [Read more...]
Why Cuba’s extraordinary Covid vaccine success could provide the best hope for low-income countries
KEY POINTS Cuba’s prestigious biotech sector has developed five different Covid vaccines to date, including Abdala, Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus — all of which Cuba has said provide upwards of 90% protection against symptomatic Covid when administered in three doses.The country of roughly 11 million remains the only country in Latin America and the Caribbean to have produced a homegrown shot … [Read more...]
Bringing international patients to Cuba
Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos de Cuba (CMSC) is getting ready to promote Cuba as a medical travel destination to new foreign patients, with the reopening of the country’s borders. CMSC is a state company that bundles the 16 Cuban institutions that provide more than 100 types of health services to foreign individuals on the island, ranging from cancer treatment and drug addiction … [Read more...]
Cuba To Begin Vaccinating Adolescents
HAVANA, Cuba, Thurs. Sept 2, 2021 (Reuters) – Cuba will begin vaccinating adolescents against COVID-19 this week and younger children from mid-September as part of a drive to immunize more than 90% of the population by December, state-run media said on Wednesday. All children ages 2 through 18 will receive at least two doses of the Cuban-developed Soberana-2 vaccine beginning Sept. 3, the … [Read more...]
Virus slams Cuba as it races to roll out vaccines
The COVID-19 pandemic is slamming Cuba like never before, even as the country races to roll out its home-grown vaccines – the only locally-developed shots being widely used in Latin America. The island had seen far fewer infections that most other Latin American nations over the first year or so of the disease, imposing strict quarantines, isolating the infected and shutting down its tourism … [Read more...]
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