{"id":1009,"date":"2020-03-15T22:07:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T22:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2020-05-06T14:10:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T14:10:32","slug":"cuba-biotech-industry-has-enough-antivirals-to-treat-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuba-biotech-industry-has-enough-antivirals-to-treat-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba biotech industry has enough antivirals to treat COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cuba-COVID-19-interferon.jpg?resize=747%2C378\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cuba-COVID-19-interferon.jpg?w=829&amp;ssl=1 829w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cuba-COVID-19-interferon.jpg?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cuba-COVID-19-interferon.jpg?resize=768%2C389&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cuba\n said on Friday it has enough reserves of an antiviral drug which has \nbeen used to treat COVID-19 in China to cover the island\u2019s demand and \nalso that of other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eduardo \nMartinez, president of the state group BioCubaFarma said: \u201cWe are \nreceiving requests from a large group of countries that are asking us to\n make it available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe can supply it without risking the quantities required for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company manufactures the antiviral Interferon alpha 2B, which has been combined with other drugs to treat the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has been produced since January at the Chinese-Cuban plant ChangHeber in the Chinese province of Jilin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interferon\n is one of the star products of Cuban biotechnology and has also been \nused against viral infections such as HIV, the human papillomavirus and \nhepatitis B and C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BioCubaFarma said 15 countries in Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia had requested information or supply of the drug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eulogio \nPimentel, director of the Center for Genetic Engineering and \nBiotechnology Havana (CIGB), said Cuba has an inventory to treat all \nthose infected in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Directors\n at BioCubaFarma also said that, despite the shortages provoked by the \nUnited States blockade, 22 medicines that could help treat the \ncoronavirus are secure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cuba has\n reported four infections, three Italian tourists, and one Cuban \nnational, with dozens of others quarantined with suspected cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The country was one of the last in the Americas and the Caribbean to report the presence of the infection in its territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: www.cubasi.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuba said on Friday it has enough reserves of an antiviral drug which has been used to treat COVID-19 in China to cover the island\u2019s<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuba-biotech-industry-has-enough-antivirals-to-treat-covid-19\/\"> 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