Pontiff says he will be getting the jab as early as next week; Queensland premier praises Brisbane residents for complying with snap three-day lockdown; Marseille toughens curfew to fight UK variant outbreak
Cuba will run phase three trials of its vaccine candidate, Sovereign 02, in Iran, after institutes in the two countries signed an agreement in Havana.
Cuba’s state-run Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV) announced on Twitter the clinical trial will run in Iran to “move forward faster in immunisation against Covid-19 in both countries”.
On Saturday Pope Francis and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth became the latest high-profile figures to join the global vaccination campaign against the coronavirus, as the UK reported it had surpassed more than 3 million cases since the pandemic began more than a year ago.
Pope Francis urged people to get the vaccination, calling opposition to the jab “suicidal denial” and saying he would get inoculated against the virus himself next week when the Vatican would begin its campaign.
