Cuba Willing To Work With Malaysia To Make Covid-19 Vaccines, Says Ambassador
They have made 5 types of vaccines, so far.
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Cuba is ready to collaborate with Malaysia to produce new products and medicines, including the Covid-19 vaccine, said its Ambassador to Malaysia, Florentino Batista-González.
He said two locally made Covid-19 vaccines – the Soberana 2 and Abdala, have been used for their population and are proven to be effective.
The Caribbean island nation took a different route in inoculating their population, choosing not to depend on foreign imports but banking on their own biotechnological and pharmaceutical advances instead and relying on locally produced vaccines.
The results are clear, cases have dropped by 50% in areas where the population has been vaccinated, and the number of critical patients as well as deaths has also dropped significantly.
Cuba Ambassador to Malaysia, Florentino Batista-González via Sinar Harian
Recently, the country revealed that the Abdala vaccine which comes with three injections is now in a final phase clinical trial and is 92.28% effective against the Covid-19 virus, while Soberana showed an effectiveness of 62%.
So far, Cuba has punched above their weight and made five types of vaccines:
- Soberana 01
- Soberana 2
- Soberana Plus
- Abdala
- Mambisa
Almost half of the Cuban population has been vaccinated
As of June 17, more than 5 million Cubans have received at least one dose of the vaccine and by August, more than eight million are expected to be fully vaccinated and it’s reported that their total population is around 11 million.
Meanwhile, in Malaysia, around 4,574,685 individuals have received their first vaccine dose and from that number, 1,727,042 people have received the second dose – which means that about 5.3% of the population have received both doses.
It’s reported that 10% of Malaysia’s population will be vaccinated by mid-July.
Malaysia is developing vaccines too
Malaysia is also trying to make their own vaccines and this is done by the Institute for Medical Research (IMR), according to reports by The Star.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said that we’re actually making two types of vaccines – ribonucleic acid vaccines or messenger RNA vaccines (mRNA), and inactivated vaccines.
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