Cuba s mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19 to start in Havana with homegrown vaccines Xinhua | Updated: 2021-05-10 09:42 A nurse shows a dose of the Soberana-02 COVID-19 vaccine to be used in a volunteer as part of Phase III trials of the experimental Cuban vaccine candidate in Havana, Cuba, March 31, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
HAVANA - Nearly 1.7 million people from the Cuban capital Havana will receive doses of the homegrown COVID-19 vaccine candidates as part of an intervention study starting on Wednesday, according to local newspaper Tribuna de La Habana.
Clara Zamora, a resident of Havana s Camilo Cienfuegos district, is looking forward to receiving the first dose of Abdala COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the coming days.
2021-05-10 01:35:46 GMT2021-05-10 09:35:46(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HAVANA, May 9 (Xinhua) Nearly 1.7 million people from the Cuban capital Havana will receive doses of the homegrown COVID-19 vaccine candidates as part of an intervention study starting on Wednesday, according to local newspaper Tribuna de La Habana.
Clara Zamora, a resident of Havana s Camilo Cienfuegos district, is looking forward to receiving the first dose of Abdala COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the coming days. I very much trust in the expertise of Cuban scientists and doctors, the 72-year-old said. I have no doubt the mass vaccination rollout will help the island contain the spread of the virus.