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The Junta de Andalucía opened its largest 'vaccinedrome' so far this week inside Seville's La Cartuja stadium.
Vaccine roll-out breaks daily record as more jabs arrive

Vaccine roll-out breaks daily record as more jabs arrive

The government doesn't want to ease restrictions yet for those who have had the full vaccination and won't spread out first and second doses

SUR

Friday, 23 April 2021, 08:59

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Spain's Covid-19 vaccine roll-out continued this week amid signs the rate of vaccination was speeding up and as more mass deliveries of vaccines started to arrive.

On Wednesday, a record number of 456,777 jabs were given out in 24 hours nationally. Data reports said 7.6% of the whole population had had the full two doses to date and 20.9% at least one dose.

The government is still aiming to have 70% of the population vaccinated by the summer and this week started to take delivery of the 17.6 million promised single-dose Janssen vaccines. These will initially be prioritised for 70-79 years old, but the regional health services are already starting to use them on the over-60s as well. Their use is likely to stay restricted to the over-50s while the effects of the vaccine on younger women in America are studied more.

Andalucía region

In the Andalucía region, the daily figures on Wednesday were 7.6% with a double dose so far and 19.8% with one dose. The regional health service said that all over-80s who want a jab have had at least one and 85% have had the complete course.

It also said that 60% of the 70-79 group had had a first jab and 38.9% of the 60-69 age group. People in the 75-79 age bracket who haven't been called yet were being asked to get in touch with their local health centre.

Despite more people having the full vaccine doses, the national ministry of Health said on Thursday that it was too soon to ease restrictions for those protected, as the EU has been suggesting.

However Andalusian president, Juanma Moreno questioned this policy, saying that 650,000 fully vaccinated people in Andalucía shouldn't be "locked-up" anymore. "It makes no sense when the EU is already talking about relaxing restrictions," he stressed.

Second dose dilemmas

The national government is yet to say what it will do with the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine shortly due for many younger keyworkers, now that current guidelines state that it is only suitable for 60 to 69 year olds. The results of extra studies are being awaited.

National and regional officials have also rejected the idea of spreading out the second doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, as has happened in some countries in order to reach people with a first dose more quickly. For the time being, doses will be given following the manufacturers' guidelines as the EU recommends.

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