Cuba becomes the first country in the world to start vaccinating children

Cuba becomes the first country in the world to start vaccinating children

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Category : International Published on: September 11 2021

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

·        The Communist island's 11.2 million people aim to vaccinate all their children before reopening schools that have been closed for the most part since March 2020.

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