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Cuba: 95 percent of children receive first Covid-19 vaccine dose

Havana, Oct 26 (Prensa Latina) The head of the vaccination program at the Health Ministry, Lena Lopez, reported on Tuesday that 1,808,312 Cuban children, accounting for 95 percent, have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The immunization process corresponds to the pediatric population from 2 to 18 years of age, Lopez said on Cuban television, adding that 1,584,116 (90 percent) have already received the second dose, while the third dose has been administered to 78,257 children.

So far, she said, 3,470,844 doses have been administered to children in Cuba.

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