Cuban

President Miguel Diaz-Canel says that local scientists at the

BioCubaFarma Research Center are working towards developing a vaccine against COVID-19.

On

Twitter, the Cuban president wrote that some researchers and scientists are

progressing in the search for a vaccine to halt the spread of the virus.

“… I’m pretty sure they will succeed,’

Diaz-Canel said.

Meanwhile, the director of

BioCubaFarma, Eduardo Martinez, said that “obtaining an effective vaccine

against COVID-19 is top priority for our entire science and innovation system

at BioCubaFarma. We have seen today how Carlos J. Finlay Research Institute is

quickly and firmly progressing in this project.”

Martinez also said they will fulfil

each step required for a project of this kind.

Cuba has been experiencing an outbreak

since the end of July, which led to tighten social isolation measures in Havana

and Artemisa provinces.

On

Wednesday, the health ministry reported 35 new positive cases of COVID-19,

bringing the tally in the Spanish speaking Caribbean island to 3,128.