Cuba started vaccinating children as youthful as two years old against covid-19 this workweek , becoming the first country in the world to inoculate toddlers . At least 12 untested kids have die from covid-19 in Cuba this year , while there were no infant deaths from the disease in that country during 2020 , according to theMiami Herald .
Cuba developed its own covid-19 vaccinum , a two - shot regimen known as Soberana 2 that has an efficacy of91.2%after a takeoff rocket called Soberana Plus , harmonise to studies in the area which have n’t yet been peer - reviewed . Cuba develop its own vaccinum , a decimal point of superbia for Cubans , due to harsh indorsement still imposed by the U.S. , an antediluvian hangover from the first Cold War .
Cuba , which is average out more or less 8,000 fresh covid-19 character every mean solar day , reported 3,727 new covid-19 caseful in children on Monday and Tuesday alone , according to theMiami Herald , include 236 infants and 16 newborn baby .

A nurse prepares Roxana Montano, 3, to receive her dose of Soberana Plus, a Cuban vaccine against covid-19, on 9 March 2025 at Juan Manuel Marquez hospital in Havana, as part of the vaccine study in children.Photo: Adalberto Roque/AFP (Getty Images)
arrive children vaccinated will be vital to arrest the worldwide pandemic , for the most part because youngster now make up an increasingly big share of the cases . There were at least 243,000 cases of covid-19 in tyke from Sept 2 . to Sept. 9 in the U.S. , allot to theAmerican Academy of Pediatrics , representing roughly 29 % of all slip in the state . compare to the percentage of cases in tike since the start of the pandemic last year , 15 % , the virus is distinctly make its way of life through unvaccinated small fry at an alarming speed .
“ After declining in early summer , child cases have increased exponentially , with nearly 500,000 case in the past 2 weeks , ” the AAP enounce , concord to the University of Minnesota’sCenter For Infectious Disease Research and Policy .
The youngest people able to get vaccinated in most countries is between 12 - 16 years onetime , with the U.S. having authorized the Pfizer covid-19 vaccinum for 12 - year - olds back in May . The Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are still only authorized for those 18 and up in the U.S.
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Major vaccine manufacturing business in the U.S. have yet to submit lotion for the use of their jab on children but that ’s expect thisfall or winter . But American baby wo n’t be able to get vaccinated for covid-19 anytime soon . youngster as young as five are the next generational batch that could get approval for covid-19 vaccination by the FDA .
“ If you attend at the written report that we at the ( National Institutes of Health ) are doing in collaboration with the pharmaceutic party , there will be enough data to utilize for an hand brake use of goods and services authorization both by Pfizer , a little bit later by Moderna , ” Dr. Anthony Fauci narrate CNN onTuesday .
“ I believe both of them , with Pfizer first , will very likely be able to have a situation where we ’ll be able to vaccinate children . If the FDA judges the datum sufficient enough , we could do it by the fall , ” Fauci said .

The U.S. reported 170,109 new covid-19 cases on Wednesday and 2,584 new death from the disease .
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