Cuba Canât Test Its Own Vaccine Because Not Enough People Have COVID
by : Emily Brown on : 12 Jan 2021 13:50
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Cuba has so few coronavirus cases of its own that it is having to turn to Iran to test its most advanced vaccine candidate.
Cubaâs state-run Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV) is among the numerous institutions working on a vaccine to help stem the pandemic, but it hit a roadblock ahead of its Phase 3 clinical trial due to a lack of cases.
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According to Johns Hopkins University, the country has reported a total of 15,007 cases and 153 deaths among its population of 11 million â roughly one-tenth of the global average figures.