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Cuba has vaccinated 90 percent of its citizens with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while nearly 83 percent have been fully vaccinated.

The island created multiple COVID-19 vaccines and implemented aggressive tracing and testing programs to control the coronavirus pandemic.

Cuba has managed to vaccinate more of its citizens than most of the world’s larger, richer nations even as the new omicron variant dominates caseloads across the world.

Developed first world nations like Canada have only 77 percent of their population fully vaccinated, while the United Kingdom has 68 percent and Germany 69 percent.

In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 77 percent of the population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 61 percent has been fully vaccinated.

According to Cuba official data nearly all children aged 2 to 18 have been vaccinated in Cuba through the island’s own vaccine.

Much of Cuba has resumed normal life, with schools reopening and foreign tourists allowed back in. Hospitals and morgues have also appeared to be operating at pre-pandemic levels.

Cuban press