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Mexico Hopes to Work With Cuba on Covid Vaccine Phase 3 Trial

Vaccination of elderly with AstraZeneca shots starts Monday
Mexico expects additional supplies soon from China, Russia

A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Pfizer BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at the Centenario Hospital Miguel Hidalgo in Aguascalientes, Mexico on Jan. 14. — A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Pfizer BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at the Centenario Hospital Miguel Hidalgo in Aguascalientes, Mexico on Jan. 14.
Photographer: Mauricio Palos/Bloomberg

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By Fabiola Zerpa

February 14, 2021 at 5:51 PM UTC

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Mexico is in talks with Cuba to host part of a trial on a Covid-19 vaccine in an effort to draw more supplies from international laboratories as doses run short in the country and the death tally grows.