Regina Garcia Cano And Jorge Rueda
Inmates wait to be vaccinated with the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine during a campaign at the Centro de Formación del Hombre Nuevo Simon Bolívar prison in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) July 02, 2021 - 4:27 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) â Some Venezuelans got a COVID-19 shot this week thanks to a donation of Cuban-developed vaccines, bringing relief to some residents desperate to protect themselves while simultaneously deepening the mystery around the countryâs donation-dependent vaccination campaign.
Thirty-thousand shots of the three-dose Abdala vaccine entered Venezuelaâs inoculation effort just days after Nicolás Maduro s government and Cuban authorities reached an agreement under which Havana is expected to deliver 12 million doses in the following months. That deal follows vaccine-donation agreements with other allies, but it remains unclear what the ter