“The Cuban vaccine Soberana 02 was 62% effective with just two doses,” the publication said on its Twitter account.

According to Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, the effectiveness of Soberana 02 in two doses exceeds the 50% level set by the World Health Organization for effective candidate vaccines against coronavirus infection.

In February, Cuba released about 150 thousand doses of the first vaccine against the coronavirus of its own production, Soberana 02.