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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFrom Al Jazeera: 'Cuba begins vaccinating children as young as two against COVID-19.
Cuba, using its homegrown vaccines, is one of the first nations to begin vaccinating very young children.'
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/17/cuba-begins-vaccinating-children-as-young-as-two-against-covid-19
Sitting on her mothers lap, two-year-old Lucia looked at the illustrations in her book while around her several children watched the doctors in white coats and nurses with thermometers in amazement.
In an adjoining room, Danielito, also two, sniffled while getting a shot as a clown tried to distract him.
On Thursday Cuba began a massive vaccination campaign for children between the ages of two and 10, becoming one of the first nations to do so. Health officials in the country say Cubas homegrown vaccines have been found safe for young children.
Our country would not put [infants] even at a minimal risk if the vaccines were not proven save and highly effective when put into children, Aurolis Otano, director of the Vedado Polyclinic University, told The Associated Press news agency in a vaccination room.
There's more text and photos at the above link. In the article it states that the
post-vaccine observation wait time is one hour.
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(267,834 posts)of the rest of our hemisphere. What makes it work is that it is not for profit.
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