Cuba’s Center of Genetic Immunology and Biotechnology also announced that initial shipments of the Abdala shots were sent to Venezuela over the weekend. Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez announced in June that Venezuela had agreed to buy $12m worth of the Cuban vaccine, though officials have declined to say how many doses were involved. Full Text-> Aljazeera

El Centro de Inmunología Genética y Biotecnología de Cuba también anunció que los envíos iniciales de las inyecciones de Abdala se enviaron a Venezuela durante el fin de semana. La vicepresidenta de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, anunció en junio que Venezuela había acordado comprar $ 12 millones de la vacuna cubana, aunque las autoridades se han negado a decir cuántas dosis estaban involucradas.

Venezuela will begin clinical trials of the Cuban coronavirus vaccine candidate Abdala this month, Health Minister Carlos Alvarado said on Monday, as the country plans to produce enough doses locally to vaccinate four million people. Cuba in March approved late-stage trials of Abdala, named after a poem by the 19th-century Cuban independence hero Jose Marti. Full Text -> Aljazeera

 Venezuela will begin Abdala vaccine production, one of the five vaccine candidates developed by Cuba, Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez reported. Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday oversaw the operation of the Socialist Company for the Production of Biological Medicines in Caracas, in order to verify the necessary conditions for the vaccine preparation. Full Text -> PrensaLatina