Children from two to 18 years old will be vaccinated with one of two vaccines developed by Cuba, Abdala and Soberana, in which the 12-18 year old group will be vaccinated first, followed by the group under 12 years old.
The vaccination campaign for children was launched in the context of Cuba recording 672,599 cases of infection and 5,538 deaths, an increase of 6,927 and 74 cases respectively.
The Delta mutation is raging on the island nation of 11.2 million people.
Most schools in Cuba have been closed since March 2020 and students follow lessons via television.
The Cuban government said it plans to gradually reopen schools in October after completing a vaccination campaign for children.
Laura Lantigua, 17 years old, received the first vaccine shot in a three-shot course at Saul Delgado High School in Havana.
Lantigua said doctors measured her blood pressure and body temperature before injecting, then told her to wait an hour to make sure there were no side effects.
Cuban medical staff injecting Covid-19 vaccine to a girl in the capital La Habana on August 24.
The world has recorded 220,469,103 nCoV infections and 4,561,194 deaths, an increase of 631,808 and 9,433 respectively, while 195,250,051 people have recovered, according to real-time statistics site Worldometers.
Australia reported an additional 1,641 cases of infection, in the past 24 hours, a record increase since Covid-19 appeared in the country, the total is 58,206.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on September 3 an agreement to borrow 4 million doses of the British Pfizer vaccine, expected to double Australia’s amount of this type of vaccine in September. The first batch of Pfizer vaccines in the loan agreement is expected to be delivered.
Previously, Australia borrowed 500,000 doses of the Comirnaty vaccine produced by Pfizer-BioNTech from Singapore.
The increasing number of infections is likely to make it difficult for Prime Minister Morrison to persuade Australian states and territories to lift the blockade and ban on travel, if the country has not yet reached the completion rate of 80% of the population over 16 years old.
India, the second largest epidemic area in the world with 32,944,691 cases and 440,256 deaths, an increase of 42,346 and 340 cases respectively.
Vaccination rates in India have soared in recent days due to improved supplies.
With more than two-thirds of the population already having antibodies, mainly through natural infection, experts estimate that the surge in new infections nationwide will be less deadly than in April and November.
According to a recent non-peer-reviewed study in the state of Kerala, one dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, used mainly in India, produced 30 times more antibodies in people who had been infected with the virus than in fully vaccinated people.
However, the Indian government warns that other localities may also see an increase in infections such as Kerala, in the context of the festive season starting this month and ending in early November. Some parents even
In Southeast Asia, Covid-19 continues to develop complicatedly related to the Delta variant, but some countries such as Indonesia and Thailand have begun to lift restrictions to reduce economic damage.
Singapore recorded 68,210 cases of infection, an increase of 219 cases, including 55 deaths.
Singapore health officials plan to give booster shots to some population groups to increase immunity against the Delta variant.
Singapore’s Ministry of Health said immunocompromised people, such as cancer patients being treated, have a very weak immune response after being vaccinated.
People who are elderly or at risk of getting worse after nCoV infection are recommended to get a booster shot 6-9 months after the second shot.
Malaysia, the third largest epidemic area in the region, reported 1,805,382 cases of infection and 17,521 deaths, an increase of 19,378 and 330 cases respectively.
Malaysia plans to reopen tourism in the Langkawi archipelago, in an effort to rebuild the economy after the severe effects of the pandemic.
In a meeting on September 1, Malaysian Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said Covid-19 will be considered an endemic disease and it is time for Malaysians to learn to live with nCoV.
`By the end of October, 100% vaccination rate will be achieved. Ultimately, we will have to live with Covid-19 like other places around the world,` Prime Minister Ismail Sabri said.
