ZIKA VIRUS

The clinical study will focus on identifying the most suitable doses of the vaccine candidate in regard to immunogenicity, safety, and tolerability»

Cuba will host a regional meeting on Zika and other diseases October 20 and 21 with the attendance of renowned experts from The Americas and Europe, along with specialists who have been involved in the fight of  Zika»

The Cuban Ministry of Public Health has informed about three new cases of patients with imported Zika virus, for a total of 25 on the island so far, according to the daily Granma newspaper»

The Ministry of Public Health of Cuba confirmed the 7th imported case of zika virus.  The patient is a local doctor, who arrived in the country from Brazil last March 22»

Cuba had already reported four previous Zika cases, all related to persons who contracted the disease in Venezuela»

The first imported Zika case was reported on March 1, related to a 28-year old Venezuelan doctor who arrived in the island on February 21»

Cuba diagnosed first imported Zika case, a Venezuelan doctor who came to attend a course. She was admitted in Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical Medicine, the Ministry of Public Health reported»

Health ministers of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) analyze in Montevideo the spread of diseases transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti, including the Zika virus»