Cuba has already immunized more than 91% of its population against COVID-19

91.6% of the Cuban population has already received the complete vaccination schedule against COVID-19, the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) reported on Monday.

The national director of Epidemiology, Francisco Durán, explained in his usual Monday press conference that 9.673 million Cubans – out of a population of 11.2 million – have already received the three-dose schedule of one of the three vaccines against the disease. national bill coronavirus.

According to the website Ourworldindata.com, which compiles official data from all nations, Cuba is the second country with more than one million inhabitants with the highest proportion of fully immunized inhabitants, behind only the United Arab Emirates.

The Minsap added that 10.45 million people in Cuba have received at least one dose, representing 98.9% of the island’s population. This figure includes those who became ill and after two months received a single booster dose, following what was stipulated by the health authorities.

In addition, about 2.2 million people have already received a booster dose since this extra dose was injected into the population in November.

In total, 30,888,612 doses of the vaccines Abdala, Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus have been injected in the country.

Durán recalled that Cuba has launched a massive vaccination campaign that has included minors from the age of two. 95.1% of Cubans between the ages of 2 and 18 have already received the complete scheme, he indicated.

Abdala, Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus have an effectiveness rate higher than 90% according to their manufacturers, two state laboratories. These data have not been verified by independent experts.

Cuba is now seeking the approval of the World Health Organization (WHO) for its vaccines. (I)