Cuba aims to fully inoculate 90% of residents against COVID-19 by December
October 1, 2021
11:16 AM CDT
Last Updated 11 hours ago
Americas
By Marc Frank and Nelson Acosta
HAVANA, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Cuba is speeding up its COVID-19 vaccination program as it aims to fully inoculate 90% of its population against the coronavirus by December, an ambitious goal that has yet to be reached by even wealthier nations.
The health ministry reported on Thursday that more than 80% of Cuba's 11.3 million people had received at least a first shot of a three-dose immunization regimen with Cuban-made vaccines Abdala, Soberana-2 or Soberana-plus.
Close to 50% were fully vaccinated, it said - well ahead of the global average of 34%, according to the Our World In Data website.
The government has said Cuba is on track to become the first country to inoculate so much of its population with its own vaccines. It is administering them to those as young as two years old after clinical trials testing them on children. The United States by comparison has yet to authorize COVID-19 vaccines for anyone younger than 12.
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