Spain will start vaccinating on January 4th
Spain has been one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus epidemic, both in terms of health and economics. The Spanish Minister of Health Salvador Illa said on Monday, December 14th that the vaccination campaign should start on January 4th, 2021, and assured that there would be "vaccine for everyone". Lisbob, the expatriate assistant, tells you all about the start of the coronavirus vaccination in Spain.
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The wish for the coronavirus vaccine to become a reality in 2021 is drawing closer. As one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus epidemic and having been one of the countries with the strictest rules in the world, Spain wants to quickly emerge from the coronavirus epidemic and give itself the means to do so.
The Spanish Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, assured on Monday that he expects the European Medicines Agency to approve the vaccine against covid-19 on December 29th and that vaccination in Spain will begin "from January 4th or 5th. ".
Salvador Illa stressed that the Spanish autonomous communities can be reassured about the vaccination process, because "there will be vaccines for everyone and there will be a lot". The minister thus responds to the criticisms launched by the leaders of the Community of Madrid, who doubted having enough doses.
"The arrival of vaccines will be gradual," he insisted. "Spain has all the capacities so that as soon as the doses arrive, the population can be vaccinated with all the necessary guarantees".
As a reminder, it is compulsory to wear the protective mask outdoors in Spain, and the fact of being vaccinated will not remove this obligation to wear it until the end of 2021 at least, because being vaccinated does not mean not being able to transmit the virus.