Havana, October 1 (RHC)-- The first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel granted the honorary title Hero of Labor of the Republic of Cuba to 10 eminent Cuban scientists.

The award was made by means of Presidential Decree No. 307, published on Thursday in the Official Gazette. The scientists are: Gerardo Enrique Guillén Nieto, Eulogio Pimentel Vázquez, Marta Ayala Ávila, Vicente Guillermo Vérez Bencomo, Yury Valdés Balbín, Dagmar García Rivera, Belinda Sánchez Ramírez, Tammy Boggiano Ayo, Eduardo Ojito Magaz and Lorenzo Jorge Pérez Ávila.

General Secretary of the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba, Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento proposed to confer them this status for the feat of producing five vaccine candidates, three of them recognized as vaccines, to immunize the Cuban population and in solidarity with those of other countries, in the fight against COVID-19.

This honorary title is awarded to Cuban and foreign citizens for their extraordinary merits in creative work or in the struggles for the conquests, and in defense of the achievements and interests of the working class, as well as for the consistent practice and valuable contributions to proletarian internationalism. (Source: ACN)