{"id":250088,"date":"2022-03-08T08:50:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T13:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=250088"},"modified":"2022-03-08T08:50:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T13:50:30","slug":"is-booster-vaccination-at-a-standstill-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/coronavirus\/is-booster-vaccination-at-a-standstill-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Is booster vaccination at a standstill in Cuba?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although Cuba is one of the countries in the world with the highest COVID-19 <\/span>vaccination<\/span><\/a> coverage and since the end of last year it has been carrying out the administration of booster doses, this last process seems to have come to standstill in recent days, according to the government\u2019s assessment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Until March 4, a total of 6,013,335 people had received the booster dose on the island, of which 282,495 formed part of the Clinical Study and 5,730,840 as part of the booster vaccination that is being applied to the population of selected territories and risk groups, <\/span>according to official data<\/span><\/a> from the Ministry of Public Health ( MINSAP).<\/span><\/p>\n

This would represent around 54.2% of the population, <\/span>according to figures revealed by the official Cubadebate website<\/span><\/a>, although it said that during this Saturday\u2019s government meeting Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel drew attention to the little progress of the administration of these doses in recent days,.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe head of state told the Ministry of Public Health to analyze what has been happening with the booster vaccination since for several days the percentage of immunized people has hardly moved,\u201d said the official report of the island\u2019s daily government meeting to analyze the situation of the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vaccines: Cuban government wants to speed up administration of boosters against coronavirus<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n