Cuba Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/cuba/ ECS International, ECSII, Healthcare Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:09:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://ecsii.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-1-e14442028662682-32x32.png Cuba Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/cuba/ 32 32 Caribbean travel: Covid entry rules, island by island https://ecsii.com/caribbean-travel-covid-entry-rules-island-by-island/ Thu, 11 Aug 2022 14:24:05 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4576 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 Read More

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]]> Why Cuba’s extraordinary Covid vaccine success could provide the best hope for low-income countries https://ecsii.com/why-cubas-extraordinary-covid-vaccine-success-could-provide-the-best-hope-for-low-income-countries/ Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:40:09 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4369 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 Read More

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]]> Bringing international patients to Cuba https://ecsii.com/bringing-international-patients-to-cuba/ Fri, 01 Oct 2021 16:33:05 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4204 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 Read More

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]]> Cuba To Begin Vaccinating Adolescents https://ecsii.com/cuba-to-begin-vaccinating-adolescents/ Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:28:42 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4145 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 Read More

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]]> Virus slams Cuba as it races to roll out vaccines https://ecsii.com/virus-slams-cuba-as-it-races-to-roll-out-vaccines/ Wed, 21 Jul 2021 16:27:50 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4067 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 Read More

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]]> Cubans Go Back To Roots With Herbal Remedies Amidst Medicine Shortage https://ecsii.com/cubans-go-back-to-roots-with-herbal-remedies-amidst-medicine-shortage/ Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:57:54 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3808 Dayana Rodriguez says her son is overwhelmed with scabies but she has not been able to find any of the treatments prescribed by their doctor at the poorly-stocked pharmacies in Havana so she is now turning to a herbal remedy instead. Even as Cuba is leading the race to become the first country in Latin Read More

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]]> As Pandemic Eases Elsewhere, Some Caribbean States Face Worst Outbreaks Yet https://ecsii.com/as-pandemic-eases-elsewhere-some-caribbean-states-face-worst-outbreaks-yet/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:18:29 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3646 KINGSTON (Reuters) – In Jamaica, which won praise for containing its coronavirus outbreak last year, patients now overflow into corridors on chairs and stretchers in some hospitals, prompting the Caribbean nation to open three emergency field hospitals. While global new infections start to decline, a handful of countries across the Caribbean, including the larger islands Read More

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]]> Cuban Scientists Working Towards COVID-19 Vaccination https://ecsii.com/cuban-scientists-working-towards-covid-19-vaccination/ Mon, 17 Aug 2020 17:24:29 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3074 [Reprinted: CNW, 8-13-2020] HAVANA, Cuba – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says that local scientists at the BioCubaFarma Research Center are working towards developing a vaccine against COVID-19. On Twitter, the Cuban president wrote that some researchers and scientists are progressing in the search for a vaccine to halt the spread of the virus. “… I’m Read More

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]]> Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 65,942 https://ecsii.com/coronavirus-cases-in-the-caribbean-to-date-65942/ Mon, 13 Jul 2020 16:22:26 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=2968 [Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 7-13-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of July 13, 2020: Dominican Republic- 44,532 cases, 897 deaths, 21,459 recovered Haiti- 6727 cases, 139 deaths, 2924 recovered French Guiana- 5949 cases, 26 deaths, 2981 recovered Puerto Rico- 2583 cases, 167 deaths Cuba- 2426 cases, 87 deaths, 2258 recovered Jamaica- 758 cases, 10 deaths, 620 recovered Suriname -741 cases, 18 deaths, 620 recovered Guyana- 297 cases, 17 deaths, 154 recovered Martinique-255 cases, 15 deaths, 98 recovered US Virgin Islands- 206 cases, 6 deaths, 96 recovered Cayman Islands-201 cases, 1 death, 197 recovered Guadeloupe-190 cases, 14 deaths, 157 recovered Bermuda- 150 cases, 9 deaths, 137 recovered Trinidad and Tobago- 133 cases, 8 deaths, 120 recovered Bahamas- Read More

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]]> Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 47,758 https://ecsii.com/coronavirus-cases-in-the-caribbean-to-date-47758/ Mon, 29 Jun 2020 16:00:30 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=2945 [Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 6-29-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of today, June 29: Dominican Republic- 31,373 cases, 726 deaths, 17,142 recovered Haiti- 5847 cases, 104 deaths, 787 recovered French Guiana- 3461 cases, 12 deaths, 1249 recovered Cuba- 2332 cases, 86 deaths, 2201 recovered Puerto Rico- 1638 cases, 153 deaths Jamaica- 696 cases, 10 deaths, 552 recovered Suriname – 490 cases, 11 deaths, 199 recovered Martinique-242 cases, 14 deaths, 98 recovered Guyana- 230 cases, 12 deaths, 109 recovered Cayman Islands-196 cases, 1 death, 186 recovered Guadeloupe-182 cases, 14 deaths, 157 recovered Bermuda- 146 cases, 9 deaths, 134 recovered Trinidad and Tobago- 126 cases, 8 deaths, 109 recovered Bahamas- 104 cases, 11 deaths, 87 recovered Aruba- 101 cases, 3 deaths, 98 recovered Barbados- 97 cases, 7 deaths, 90 recovered US Virgin Read More

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