Cuba’s vaccine success story sails past mark set by rich world’s Covid efforts

The island nation struggles to keep the lights on but has inoculated 90% of population with home-developed vaccines

General Maximo Gomez, a key figure in Cuba's 19th-century wars of independence against Spain once said: Cubans either don't meet the mark - or go way past it."

A century and a half later, the aphorism rings true. This downtrodden island struggles to keep the lights on, but has now vaccinated more of its citizens against Covid-19 than any of the world's major nations.