Over 8 million persons in Cuba with full vaccination scheme against COVD-19

HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 16 (ACN) Cuba continues administering anti-COVID-19 vaccines and a total of 8,679,636 people have already completed their vaccination scheme, which represents 77.6 % of the Cuban population.

The Ministry of Public Health ( MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported today that by the end of November 14, 27, 424,183 doses of the Cuban vaccines Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala had been administered in the country.

According to MINSAP, 10, 86,396 people have already received at least one dose of one of these immunogens, 9,113,394 people have received a second dose and 8,224,393 people have received a third one.

With the mass vaccination, 17, 85,782 doses have been administered to the population over 19 years of age in territories with epidemiological risk and risk groups in all provinces, as well as to the pediatric population from 2 to 18 years of age throughout the country.

As for the health intervention initiated last May, health workers, BioCubaFarma workers, students of Medical Sciences and other groups and population of at-risk territories have received a total of 9,617,871 doses.

Related to the intervention study and clinical trials, 454, 064 and 266,466 doses have been administered, respectively.