{"id":3721,"date":"2021-02-15T21:14:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T21:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=3721"},"modified":"2021-02-15T21:18:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T21:18:02","slug":"cuba-is-working-on-a-homegrown-covid-19-vaccine-program-it-has-a-history-of-fighting-disease-without-help-from-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuba-is-working-on-a-homegrown-covid-19-vaccine-program-it-has-a-history-of-fighting-disease-without-help-from-the-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba is working on a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine program. It has a history of fighting disease without help from the West"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Technician Mayelin Mejias works at a vaccine processing plant at the Finlay Vaccine Institute in Havana, on January 20, 2021. 
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A vaccine developed by the Cuban government is touted to enter Phase 3 trials in March, raising the prospect of the small, communist nation overseeing a homegrown vaccine drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vaccine, Soberana 2, has yet to be formally approved. But Cuba is betting big on its success, which builds on a history of medical programs where the nation has acted alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country aims to be one of the first in the world to vaccinate its entire population of 11 million by the end of 2021, though it will start significantly behind others countries which are already giving out jabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

100 million doses of Soberana 02 could be produced by the country for domestic use and export by the end of the year, officials there say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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