In world first, Cuba starts COVID jabs for toddlers

The communist island of 11.2 million people aims to inoculate all its children before reopening schools that have been closed for the most part since March 2020.

Roxana Montano, 3, is vaccinated against COVID-19 with Cuban vaccine Soberana Plus in Havana as part of the vaccine study in children and adolescents.

By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

Cuba on Monday became the first country in the world to vaccinate children from the age of two against COVID-19, using home-grown jabs not recognized by the World Health Organization.

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In world first, Cuba starts COVID jabs for toddlers

The communist island of 11.2 million people aims to inoculate all its children before reopening schools that have been closed for the most part since March 2020.

Roxana Montano, 3, is vaccinated against COVID-19 with Cuban vaccine Soberana Plus in Havana as part of the vaccine study in children and adolescents.

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