Respirators, swabs and PCR test kits: Cuba has had to make its own equipment to deal with the coronavirus amid the US embargo and "save millions of dollars" on imports, a scientist says. Meanwhile, the first phase of trials of the Soberana 02 vaccine candidate is completed for 44,000 volunteers in Havana, with all given the first of two doses.

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