Cuba has said its three-shot Abdala vaccine was 92.28 per cent effective against the coronavirus in last-stage clinical trials in June. - AFP
HANOI (Reuters): Cuba will supply large quantities of its home-grown Covid-19 vaccine, Abdala, to Vietnam and also transfer the production technology to the country by the end of the year, the Vietnamese health ministry said on Tuesday (Aug 24).
After successfully containing the disease for much of the pandemic, Vietnam has been struggling to control its worst outbreak to date, with a spike in infections and deaths ramping up pressure on authorities to speed up vaccinations.
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