Cuba becomes the first country to vaccinate young children against Covid-19

Cuba this week began vaccinating children as young as two against COVID-19, becoming the first country in the world to vaccinate toddlers.… According to Miami Herald…

Cuba has developed its own vaccine against COVID-19, a two-dose vaccine known as Soberana 2, which is effective 91.2% after the Soberana Plus booster, according to country studies that have not yet been peer-reviewed. Cuba has developed its own vaccine, a source of pride for Cubans, due to the tough sanctions still imposed by the US, outdated remnants of the first Cold War.

Cuba, which averages about 8,000 new cases of COVID-19 every day, reported 3,727 new cases of COVID-19 in children on Monday and Tuesday alone. Miami Herald, including 236 babies and 16 newborns.

Vaccinating children will be vital in stopping the global pandemic, largely because children now account for an increasing proportion of the sick. According to American Academy of Pediatrics, accounting for approximately 29% of all cases in the country. Compared to a 15% percentage of cases among children since the start of the pandemic last year, the virus is clearly spreading through unvaccinated children at an alarming rate.

“After declining in early summer, the number of cases in children has grown exponentially, reaching nearly 500,000 cases in the past 2 weeks,” the AAP said, according to the University of Minnesota. Center for Research and Policy on Infectious Diseases…

The youngest people who can get vaccinated in most countries are between 12 and 16 years old, with the US authorized the Pfizer covid-19 vaccine for 12-year-olds back in May. The Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are still only approved for people over 18 in the United States.

Major US vaccine manufacturers have yet to apply for their injections for children, but this is expected autumn or winter… But American babies won’t be able to get the covid-19 vaccine anytime soon. Children under the age of five are the next generation group that can receive FDA approval for vaccination against COVID-19.

“If you look at the research that we at (National Institutes of Health) are doing in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies, there is enough data to apply for an emergency authorization for both Pfizer and a little later Moderna,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said CNN on Tuesday…

“I believe that both of them, first with Pfizer, are likely to be able to create a situation where we can vaccinate children. If the FDA finds the data sufficient, we can do it by the fall, ”Fauci said.

On Wednesday, the US reported 170,109 new cases of COVID-19 and 2,584 new deaths from the disease.