Former Tory MP’s posting as UK ambassador to Cuba raises fresh cronyism claims

‘Man in Havana’ role usually taken by experienced diplomats goes to ex-trade minister George Hollingbery Boris Johnson’s government has been accused of fostering a culture of cronyism after the appointment of a former Conservative MP to become the ambassador to Cuba. George Hollingbery, the former minister and MP until 2019, was announced on Tuesday as …

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Clinical trial in people convalescing from COVID-19 carried out in Cuba

Cuba is carrying out a clinical trial in people convalescing from COVID-19, who had a minor clinical picture or were asymptomatic, the official media reported. The study uses the Soberana 01 vaccine candidate, the first to receive authorization in Cuba for tests on human beings, and seeks to “stimulate protective levels of neutralizing antibodies against …

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Coronavirus in Cuba: January sets another record for daily infections with 786 reported today

The end of January is looking like its beginning. Today, unfortunately, a record was broken again in Cuba: the new infections reported by the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) amounted to 786 and the number of hospitalized people is close to 10,000, after 9,944 were reported until midnight on Monday. In addition, with the deaths …

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